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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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Lemon meringue tart

I had always been a bit sceptic about tarts, and especially about fruit tarts, but this made me change my 

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Looking for a cooking/pastry school

I’ve spent a few days looking for some cooking schools in France, to attend after work or on weekends… I 

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My Masterchef auditions

Today I took a day off. I went to Marseille for the auditions of the TV show Masterchef France! Masterchef 

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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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Competition: The best Christmas cake in Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat

Et voilà, after 2 weeks of experiments, I came out with my cake for the Christmas competition at Saint-Jean Cap 

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Eros Torte

This was my attempt at a Torte, aka “modern cake” (which is a cake made of many different individual layers 

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Mediocre attempt: Charlotte

As I said in the previous post, now that I had ladyfingers, I had to make a Charlotte. It is 

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Ladyfingers

As soon as I saw a picture of these ladyfingers in the recipe, I decided I had to try to 

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Profiteroles

One of the pastry fundamentals that can be declined in many different versions is the pâte à choux, the one 

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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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