Frothy, floaty, silky deliciousness. Îles flottantes. Floating islands. Mounds of lighter-than-air meringue, drizzled with caramel, floating on a sea of custard. Could you resist?
“Dont’ touch it! I want to take a picture.” Himself’s hands retreated slightly.
“Move your hands. They’re in the frame.” Click. And the hands moved back to the dessert.
“Wait! I want to take one more.”
Spot the difference between the photo above and the one below:
The Ephemeral nature of a yummy dessert is this week’s entry for the photo challenge. Short-lived is one definition of ephemeral. I dispute that. Those French desserts (and dinners and croissants and wine and cheese and baguettes and . . . . ) are still making themselves known around my waistline.
See more entries for the WordPress Photo Challenge here: Ephemeral
Better late than never, eh? Life seems to be getting in the way of blogging. What’s up with that?
Which Way Now 101 
This is absolutely one of my favorite desserts!
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Meringue and custard – a great combination!
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This looks delicious. 🙂
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It was so delicious it was positively ephemeral.
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Yum in Your tum!! I am playing catch up… I hear ya about life getting in the way of blogging. Busy, Busy, Busy I am, right along with you!
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Whatcha doin’?
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Traveling, Jewelry making, and today staining our outdoor ramada! I never have a dull moment but that is what makes life an adventure!
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Lots to do. Sounds exciting. What kind of jewelry?
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I wire wrap rocks found here in AZ. My sweet, sweet man tumbles them and then I wire wrap them. They make beautiful pendants! I also make stretch bracelets. Thank You for asking.
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Sounds wonderful. I had a go at wire wrapping rocks and made a bit of a mess of it. I’ve seen them beautifully done. I expect yours are.
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One day I shall do a post and show a picture of them. 🙂
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I’d love to see them.
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I smiled after reading your post and noticing the difference in the two pics 🙂
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The desserts were delectable. It was hard not to dive straight in. Well he didn’t wait, did he?
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I won’t blame him. I would have done the same 😛
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I did so the same! The next night I had the most amazing dessert. It was gone before I even thought about my camera. Now I don’t even remember what it was. 😕
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These do look scrumptious! Life getting in the way of blogging does seem to happen.
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I guess we wouldn’t have anything to blog about otherwise. ☺
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That is a lovely dessert! I definitely noticed that the cookie had disappeared. Eric would have also eaten the cookie, as well as taken a big scoop out of the dessert. He is so blasted impatient when I’m trying to take food photos! Imagine that!
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Imagine that! It’s quite possible that there is a big scoop missing out of the back of the dessert. He didn’t give me much time!
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That got me thinking and I double-checked the second photo. The spoon is resting on the plate of the far dessert. He did take a bite!
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Hehe. They’re all alike!!!
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I remember now turning the plate and tutting. He doesn’t really deserve that!
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Oh, that looks so yummy, Carol. But you should see the cakes they produce here in North Cyprus – brilliant and dirt cheap too. Tests my resolve a bit but I never bother buying as Bryan doesn’t eat sweet stuff and while I would like some of the cake, I couldn’t eat all of it and it would break my heart to bin it! btw, my domain name went weird last week, my blog’s now at: http://crazycronecapers.com. C’est la vie, I suppose, but I’ve been tearing my hair out!
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I can understand your reluctance to buy cakes Mo when it’s up to you to eat it all! I have a cake eater the house – fewer calories for me!
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Lucky you, Carol, you’d both be in your element here with the sweet stuff they dish up.
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Don’t need more cake Mo! What I need is some tape over my mouth!
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PS Just popped over to Crazy Crone Capers and ‘followed.’
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Ile flottante was one of my father-in-law’s favourite desserts. Yummy! Hope you’re well, cupcake. Work’s getting in the way of blogging for me, hope I’ll be surfacing for a blogging greater soon…
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I’ve missed you MM! Come back soon! Thought of you last night when I had a glass of rose. ☺
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I’m now getting close to the 100 day threshold…
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You ARE a good girl. What next? 200 days? I didn’t feel any better after dry January so I didn’t see the point. Several million Frenchmen can’t be wrong. 😃 But good for you. Willpower! Or is that girl power?
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Honestly? Muffin top massacre willpower. Good sleep willpower. Feeling good about being in charge willpower.
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I’m very pleased for you. I didn’t have those excellent results. Perhaps I should go for the 100 days instead of the mere 31 days. My muffin top thinks I should.
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I reckon that if you still missed it after 31 days, then you should embrace that glass of rosé with no regrets 🙂
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Oh okay. If you say so. 😀
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They’re melting…fast!! Someone couldn’t wait and the cookie from the top is gone!! Hope you eventually got to taste:)
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Those desserts disappeared right quick! after the photos were taken.
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Quick, quick, it’s melting! And yes I did notice that someone pinched the whatjamacallit on the top. Not me! I wasn’t quick enough.
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They are called ‘cigarette russe’ and are himself’s favourite – his excuse for nicking it. You’ll need to be quicker next time.
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Sure will 🙂
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Scrumptious looking! But…..don’t think I didn’t see that little cardboard ad on the table…….
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They were scrumptious. If I close my eyes and imagine it I can feel the meringue fizzing on my tongue as it collapses to nothing. I can also remember laying awake thinking, ‘I wish I hadn’t eaten so much!’
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DEFINITELY know that feeling of life getting in the way of blogging lately! I suppose, in a way, it’s a good thing, but I miss the blogging none the less.
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It can get a bit compulsive, can’t it? And I miss my round-the-world ‘pen pals.’ Where are you moving to?
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It can get a bit compulsive, can’t it? And I start to miss my round-the-world ‘pen pals.’
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Been there, done that many times. 😃 Our poor, long suffering husbands! !
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We’re teaching them restraint, aren’t we Sylvia?
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Hehehe. Well, we can but try. It’s amazing how obedient they can be. 😀
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Obedient isn’t the word that would use. Dependant on my French language skills is more like it!
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I feel like a Pavlov dog. I see a dessert like that and I immediately start salivating 😉
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I hope you didn’t dribble all over your keyboard.
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… well, now that you mention it …
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That Pavlov has a lot to answer for.
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Oh those words could be coming right out of my mouth. Our spouses have to be saints.:)
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I was thinking that as I wrote those words. Not that you speak to your husband like that. But that mine must be a saint He did rebel and nick that biscuit when I wasn’t looking. I only discovered the theft when I ‘developed’ the pictures!
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Oh, yum…. I’m drooling. Hope the house hunting is going well 🙂
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Two appointments to view tomorrow. Still looking!
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Now you see it, now you don’t. 😉
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It didn’t occur to me take a picture of the empty plates but then I didn’t know the wp challenge would be ephemeral!
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