Happy 80th Birthday, Jacques Pepin

Martha asked me to recreate the cover of Jacques Pepin's groundbreaking cookbook La Technique in cake form to celebrate his 80th birthday. Under the fishy exterior is a devils food cake with a rich ganache filling.

It's Jacques pepin's birthday and we baked him a cake emulating the cover of his breakthrough book La Technique!

A photo posted by Martha Stewart (@marthastewart48) on Mar 27, 2015 at 1:26pm PDT

From our amazing #testkitchen and the skills of @jaschreiber comes a replica of the 1976 seminal cookbook cover of La technique by Jacques Pepin presented by Martha on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Joyeux anniversaire chef! #iacp

A photo posted by @42burners on Mar 27, 2015 at 6:03pm PDT