and the living is easy

not quite the rubies i am looking for

chocolate genoise soaked with vanilla syrup, freshly whipped cream, pomegranate reduction, pomegranate seeds, chocolate meringue.

so, i remade the cake in the previous post. it was a lot better, but not good enough. 

i figured a few things out - a little gelatin in the pomegranate reduction will give me the old school raspberry ripple effect desired; chocolate meringue will, without a doubt, disintegrate in whipped cream; be liberal with the sugar syrup when soaking the genoise.  

hopefully, the third time will be the charm.

also, happy chinese new year y’alllllll.