Tuesday 23 December 2014

Demel Shop Windows
Vienna at Christmastime


Chocolates, anyone?
Demel's shop window mise-en-scène
during Christmastime 2010


Das Hochwohlgeformte Fäulein von Schaum in ihrer Rolle *)
Highborn damsel stuck up to her bosom
in puff pastry and whipped cream -
a sugar paste creation by Demel's pastry chefs,
based on drawings by Federico von Berzeviczy-Pallavicini


Photographed 23 December 2010
at
D e m e l
K. & K. Hofzuckerbäckerei

Royal and Imperial Confectioners
Kohlmarkt 14
Images © by Merisi

Link:
*) The tonge-in-cheek, aristocratic sounding name of the lady-in-waiting
is an allusion to an Austrian pastry, the Schaumrolle:
Schaumrolle @ Wikipedia
"Schaumrollen, or Schillerlocken, are an Austrian confection. They consist of a cone or tube of pastry, often filled with whipped cream. Also called foam rollers, they are a bags or roll-shaped puff pastry, which is sweetened with whipped cream, or sometimes filled with an unsweetened cream puree."
Merisi's note: I do not know what "cream puree" is, but from what I understand, the alternate to whipped cream tastes like Italian meringue, made by slowly adding boiling hot sugar sirup to whipped egg whites. That makes a fluffy, sweet filling, and does not soften the puff pastry shell, unlike the whipped cream (the later is for immediate consumption).

18 comments:

  1. I really like the flickering lights you have been capturing in your latest images. So pretty.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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    1. Thank you, Mersad! :-)
      I liked the contrast of the warm tones of the interior and the facade against the cold ones of the string of lights.

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    1. I hope you found some chocolates, somewhere! ;-)

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  3. Always love their windows! So much fun

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  4. Happy winter solstice!
    One day I will get to Demels....thank you for the lovely pictures!
    x

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    1. Thank you, Elizabeth, same to you! :-)
      We'll get the best seats in the house, and rather sooner than later, I hope! :-)

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  5. The first picture is fantastic and ... very curious!

    Tomás.

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    1. He comes around every now and then, the mysterious Demel butler. ;-)

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  6. How beautiful Vienna looks for Christmas........I am sad that all the times I've been in Vienna I have never been to Demels!

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    1. Next time, make sure to not miss Demel's, Kristi. You'll love it.

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  7. Cream puree sounds like an interesting filling! Vienna looks festive in these photos!

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    1. I am curious how "cream puree" is supposed to taste! ;-)

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  8. I really love how your photos are always so full of light.

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  9. what lovely windows.. working downtown now i havent had a chance to go see the shop windows up on Fifth or Madison … maybe this weekend after the insanity of shopping is over

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    1. I am looking forward to your forays in shopping windows wonderland, Daryl! :-)

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