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Creams, custards and sauces
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Recipe: Cherry clafoutis, with a crumble twist

So I’m late once again. I can’t help it, I’m always late in general, and I make the same mistake 

Cookies and brownies
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Recipe: The best chocolate chunk cookies. Ever.

I don’t know for how long I had been looking for a decent recipe of real American cookies. Not just 

Yule logs
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Recipe: “Totally hazelnuts” Christmas yule log with praline mousseline cream

And here comes again that time of the year! The time of crazy shopping, snow, colourful lights and decorations all 

Creams, custards and sauces
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Recipe: Praline paste

This one of those recipes for which I keep on telling myself “How did I survive without it?“! I discovered 

Pâte à choux
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Recipe: Paris-Brest with mousseline cream

It was 1910 when pastry chef Louis Durand created upon request one of the most famous French desserts of all 

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 

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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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