If you aren’t finished shopping for Christmas gifts, you might want to consider the Nutcracker-inspired sweets Bizu created for this holiday season.

Rouge is a French gateaux of raspberry mousse cake with a crème brûlée surprise.

Fruitcake lovers will certainly love Bizu’s version. Noël Dark Chocolate Fruitcake is a Valrhona chocolate pecan and dark cherry cake with pate-a-glacier.

Noël Fruit and Carrot Cake is a fruit and walnut cake with browned butter cream cheese.

Gaspard is a Christmas chocolate ornament ball on top of a classic financier cake. Inside, when cracked, is a medley of flavors – hazelnut praline mousse with passion fruit and orange cremeux.

Bizu creates its very own Panettone, the classic sweet Italian Christmas bread with candied orange peels, plump raisins and red cherries. Colomba Petit, is another classic Italian bread with candied orange peels soaked in orange liqueur.

Bizu created sweets from the much sought after Speculoos. This is a snowman shaped Macaron de Paris with a new and intriguing flavor called Speculoos. The macaron is filled with ginger butter creme ganache.

Your favorite macarons now come in an attractive packaging perfect for giveaways. Macaron de Paris Pyramid is a structural art-piece which holds 40 pieces of your favorite Macaron flavors.
Bizu also offers party trays for noche buenas and other holiday events. Choose from their wide variety of exciting canapés to tasty terrines, fresh organic salads and tempting entrées. Take your pick from Bizu’s moist Yuletide Pork Crown Roast with apples, chestnut and sausages stuffing, Melt-in-your-mouth 10-Hour Roast US Beef Belly and a plump, golden brown Turkey served with pan gravy, cranberry sauce and chestnut stuffing.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Bizu Patisserie has a new branch in One Rockwell Tower, Rockwell Drive Makati City (478-7755). Check out the Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite-inspired decors at each Bizu branch. The toy soldiers, dolls, candles, flowers, Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier, will make you feel like you stepped into the masterpiece. Other Bizu branches are located in Greenbelt 2 Parkside (757-2498), Greenhills Promenade (724-2498), Alabang Town Center (809-2498) and St. Luke’s BGC (789-7700). For inquiries, email bizumarketing@gmail.com or check out http://www.bizupatisserie.com Facebook Fanpage http:// www.facebook.com/ilovebizu or @BizuPh on Twitter.