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Enriched yeast doughs
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Easter Hot Cross Buns

These hot cross buns are the first thing I baked after I felt a bit more comfortable with my sourdough 

Cakes
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Recipe: Saint-Honoré

Are you ready for a challenge? 🙂 After months of hesitation, I finally found the courage to face one of 

Pastry culture
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What are French macarons?

Aaaah, les macarons… these small French “petits fours” had the power to light the sparkle of pastry in me! Thanks 

Pastry culture
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The origin of the shortbread tart dough

For this month’s challenge of the Daring Bakers, I made a shortbread tart dough. This type of tart dough is 

Pastry culture
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Pastry history: what is a savarin?

The savarin is one of those cakes with a nice history behind, but it also requires some knowledge in order 

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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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