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Recipe: Galette des rois with almonds and Grand Marnier

January is almost over, and, alas, so is the period of galettes des rois. Before saying goodbye to these traditional 

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Recipe: Galette des rois with chocolate ganache

After last week’s traditional galette des rois, I wanted to try a more original recipe without almonds (read what a 

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Recipe: Galette des rois with frangipane cream

I recently wrote that the galette des rois is the traditional cake for the Epiphany in France and is eaten 

Pastry culture
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Galettes des rois from France (2014)

Whereas in most countries, pastry chefs in January take well-deserved vacations after the Christmas period, in France they keep on 

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Brioche des rois

Today I went in downtown Cannes and saw many nice galettes des rois in different flavours. I wanted one, a 

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Galette des rois

As soon as January 6th arrives, all bakeries of France fill up with “galettes des rois“, the three kings’ cakes. 

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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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