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Chocolate madeleines

Way before coming to France, I knew of small pastries called madeleines. And the reason, strangely, is because I studied 

Cookies and brownies, Featured
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Video: Almond biscuits. Dipped in chocolate. Plus me.

As many times before, I found my fridge full of egg whites. The majority of recipes I love use only 

Cakes, Featured
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How to make a dark chocolate cake with a white chocolate core

Good artists borrow, great artists steal. Now I am very modest (of course, what were you thinking!) but I think 

Creams, custards and sauces
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How to make a chocolate mousse with pasteurized eggs

One of my favourite cakes is the Chocolate Royal, a marvelous and elegant entremet with a chocolate mousse and crunchy 

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Video: Marble cake

I’m really getting into video making in these days! And although the result is not as perfect as I’d like, 

Creams, custards and sauces
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Brigadeiros (Brazilian chocolate fudge truffles)

Last year I went to São Paulo for work and it didn’t take me long to fall in love with Brazilians: 

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 

Pâte à choux
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Chocolate éclairs

I think the most common new year’s resolutions are “I need to quit smoking” and “I need to lose weight” . 

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Double chocolate and vanilla yule log

Aaah it’s that time of the year again! Christmas is in the air and there are a few traditions that 

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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: 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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