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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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Chocolate cake – Icing attempt

What I’ve always loved about professional cakes is their perfectly smooth chocolate icing. I’ve always wondered how it is done. 

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Raspberry and blackberry tart

I’m not really a fan of tarts, but the dedicated chapter in my book is making me change my mind. 

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Checkerboard cookies

Today I’m very proud! 🙂 I was able to make some checkerboard cookies with a black and white pattern! I 

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Chocolate-chip cookies

Ok, another not so encouraging experiment. I mean, these chocolate chip cookies were good, but not really good-looking. When I 

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Quick breads and the muffin method

One of the easiest thing you can bake is quick breads. They are pastries which are relatively quick/easy to make 

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First experiment – Country biscuits

Total failure.                       After all my excitement due to my 

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Weight rules, volume not so much

Luckily enough, in my new American book, “On baking”, all the recipes have their ingredients listed both in Imperial and 

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Why this blog?

It all started with macarons. These small colourful pastries that come in hundreds of flavours, halfway between a meringue and 

WELCOME

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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Recipe: Pistachio macarons (with Italian meringue)

Some time ago I decided to make green macarons and so I bought a powdered green colouring (which for some

Recipe: Chocolate mirror glaze

This is one of the pastry “secrets” that differentiate a home-baker from a “pro”. I’m talking about this super-shiny chocolate

Recipe: Pistachio paste

Now that I don’t have to “study” for my pastry exam anymore and I don’t have to prepare the old-fashioned,

Recipe: Mille-feuille (Cream Napoleon)

You can’t go more classical than this! The mille-feuille is a traditional French pastry that can be found in any

Recipe: Chocolate Royal cake (“Trianon”)

So yes, last month I celebrated my birthday. 29 years. For the third time. For some, a birthday is a

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