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criticalbakes: week #5, People of Exandria

This week’s theme on @criticalbakes​ is NPCs! And, well … while all of Matt Mercer’s NPCs are a delight, there was never any real question which one I was going to bake about.

For Cassandra de Rolo, who really deserves a treat and a nap: Whitestone cream cakes.

“As you come inside, you see Cassandra […] She has a stack of sheets stacked up next to her at this small desk table that she has in front of one of her large red velvet sitting chairs. However, she’s not looking at that right now, as she’s currently enthralled with what looks to be a small stack of cakes and a little tea saucer she’s holding up as she’s sipping.”

– Matt Mercer as narrator, CR1 Episode #94

These cakes (and this is pure headcanon on my part) are traditionally made with blackberries or apples, depending on the season. Blackberries would be tossed with a little sugar and red wine and then just barely warmed through; apples are cooked soft with honey and snow mead. Either way, the fruit goes over sweetened (and possibly liquor-laced) whipped cream on puff pastry, and the whole is drizzled with whatever remains of the cooking sauce.

I don’t really have a recipe for this as such, but if you want the approximate ingredients and method, it’s under the cut.

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