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Video: Carrot cake

I could not explain how, but my colleagues framed me and forced me to make a carrot cake for a 

Cakes
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Framboisier (Creamy raspberry cake)

I’ve had quite a busy time in the last weeks. I was abroad for work for around 20 days, went 

Cakes
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The Opéra cake

I admit I’m totally late in posting this on my blog: I made an Opéra cake for my friend’s New Year’s 

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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 

Cakes
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Recipe: Modern vanilla poundcake (Quatre quarts/Torta paradiso)

The poundcake, or “quatre quarts” as they call it in French, is the traditional cake everyone is (or should be) 

Frozen desserts
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Recipe: Vacherin with ice cream and sorbet

Summer is the perfect season to enjoy fresh desserts. Or even better, frozen desserts! This time I decided to put 

Cakes
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Recipe: Carrot cake

I was eagerly waiting for winter just to make a very rich and lusty recipe: the carrot cake! This cake 

Quick breads
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Recipe: Chocolate muffins

After a challenging cake like the Saint-Honoré, I needed both a break from complexity and a breakfast treat for the 

Yule logs
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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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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: Diplomat cream

In the past, I wrote on the blog about Chiboust cream or mousseline cream, which are variations on pastry cream with the

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