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Cookies and brownies, Featured
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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 

Yule logs
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How to make a modern yule log in a mold (with coconut, passion fruit and mango)

And here we are again, Christmas… the golden time of the year for pastry chefs! Each country has its own 

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” . 

Macarons
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Milk chocolate and coconut macarons (Italian meringue)

These are for all the Bounty lovers out there! As you know, Bounty is a famous snack with milk chocolate 

Laminated doughs
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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 

Yule logs
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Recipe: Chocolate and hazelnut Christmas yule log

Christmas is around the corner! Everybody is starting to go shopping for presents, but I don’t care: I prefer to 

Tarts
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Recipe: Strawberry and pistachio tart by Michalak

Normally, in bakeries you can often find a traditional round tart with pastry cream and fresh strawberries cut in half 

Creams, custards and sauces
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Recipe: Whipped pistachio ganache with white chocolate

In my previous post, I wrote how to make a pistachio paste and it was not a random post: with 

Macarons
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Recipe: Chocolate macarons (Italian meringue)

Macarons are definitely fashionable these days! Here in France they can be found everywhere in hundreds of flavours and even 

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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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