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Video: Marble cake

I’m really getting into video making in these days! And although the result is not as perfect as I’d like, 

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Recipe: Bavarian cream

Halfway between pastry cream and crème anglaise, here is the Bavarian cream. This cream comes directly from… France! (Or maybe 

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Pastry quote of the day #1

Recommendation for the day by RoadToPastry.com: “Eat more cake”!   More Posts Like This One Why this blog? June 15, 

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History and geography exam

As a student with no French diploma whatsoever, I have to sit for a history and geography exam in order 

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Physical Education: done

As I mentioned previously, I had to pass a physical education test in order to get my French CAP pasty 

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Recipes with egg yolks or egg whites

Sometimes you make a pastry cream with egg yolks. What to do with the remaining egg whites? Or the opposite, 

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Impulsive purchases

I knew that it would have been better if I hadn’t got out today. I bought 5 kilos of chocolate. 

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Decoration themes for the CAP exam

My pastry exam in June is quickly approaching and I’ve just discovered that the decoration themes have been already published. 

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The one and only, Tiramisù

I don’t like coffee (yes, I am a strange Italian), unless it is in a tiramisù. 🙂 This is definitely 

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Hi, my name is Rob, I work in IT but I love baking and I also got a pastry diploma. I created this blog to keep track of my journey from complete beginner to world pastry champion (I'm not there yet).

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