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Milk chocolate, caramel and apple yule log

Christmas time is the best time of the year to bake. Seems like everybody wants to do it, and everybody

No-bake cheesecake with fig and damson plum confit

September is the month of figs and Damson plums. Believe it or not, this is the first time in my life

How to make homemade Oreos

I have never understood the passion that food bloggers have for Oreos! I think they taste a lot of sugar and not

Video: Strawberry, rhubarb and almond tart

If there is one thing I like in pastry is… challenges! Any new recipe or experiment, especially if it comes

Video: Croissants

One day my Italian friend Chiara asked me to teach her how to make croissants. I agreed right away, because

Video: Simple round brioches

That’s it, I’ve made the purchase of the decade: my new stand mixer. It took me years to make up

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Chandeleur – The national crêpes day

Tomorrow is February 2nd, and in France it is “la Chandeleur“, or the day of the candles. It is a 

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Funny ice cream at the Sirha fair

I don’t know which team made this, nor for which competition, but I vote for this! More Posts Like This 

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Pastry World Cup 2013

Last Sunday, 18 teams from all over the world met in Lyon, France, for the Pastry World Cup, probably the 

Pastry shops
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Review: Galette des rois by Jean-Luc Pelé (Cannes)

Believe it or not, this is the first Galette des rois I buy in a pastry shop! It looks really 

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Galettes des rois from France

It’s good to see that even the greatest classics are constantly revisited with fantasy by famous pastry chefs. As I 

Pastry experiments
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Failed attempt: brioche

Enthusiastic about the brioche des rois that I had bought yesterday, I decided to make a brioche myself. It was 

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Brioche des rois

Today I went in downtown Cannes and saw many nice galettes des rois in different flavours. I wanted one, a 

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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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Galette des rois

As soon as January 6th arrives, all bakeries of France fill up with “galettes des rois“, the three kings’ cakes. 

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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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