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Passion fruit and raspberry éclairs

A few weeks ago I bought the book “Éclair de génie” by Christophe Adam, the former pastry chef at Fauchon 

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Chocolate Yule Log (Bûche de Noël)

In December, in every bakery of France you can find the famous Yule Log, here called Bûche de Noël. It 

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

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