Pasticceria Penso: Torta Dobos
Dobos torte (or “torta Dobos,” as it’s called in Italian) is a traditional Hungarian cake composed of five layers of sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and topped by a…
Dobos torte (or “torta Dobos,” as it’s called in Italian) is a traditional Hungarian cake composed of five layers of sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and topped by a…
My original vision for this shop was to cover the bay window roof with wood shingles. I therefore had stained it brown, along with the rest of the trim. However,…
For the remaining bricks on the interior, I used the same process as described in my post on the exterior walls: creating each brick individually from polymer clay, gluing them…
Below the shelving in the real-life Cantine del Vino già Schiavi is a length of granite that matches their countertop. I considered doing something similar for my dollhouse shop,…
This post will show some of the details I've added to the counter and shelves, things that were easier to add at this point, before I attach all the shelves…
For the counter in this shop, my plan has long been to create a faux granite countertop out of polymer clay, one that resembles the one in the real-life Cantine…
For the area below the window on the front wall, I cut strips of 1/2″-wide balsa wood and stained them dark walnut to match the rest of the trim. (Balsa…
Cantine del Vino già Schiavi is a cicchetti bar and wine shop in the Dorsoduro neighborhood of Venezia. For the exterior of my dollhouse replica, I was inspired by certain…
Pinza is a sweet bread from Trieste that is commonly served at Easter time. For my mini version, I used a color mix of Fimo vanilla, Premo ecru, white, and…
The real-life Pasticceria Penso wrapped their apple strudel in puff pastry rather than the paper-thin sheets typical of true Austrian strudel, and naturally, I used their recipe as my inspiration.…