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Cakes
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How to make a modern version of a classic: Black Forest

If you have followed some of my previous posts, you know I like elaborated cakes with many different layers. Yes, the 

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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, 

Cakes
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Framboisier (Creamy raspberry cake)

I’ve had quite a busy time in the last weeks. I was abroad for work for around 20 days, went 

Yule logs
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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 

Tarts
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Recipe: Strawberry tart with pastry cream

Since the beginning of spring, I keep on being super tired. As we say in Italian: “April, sleeping is sweet” (which is 

Cakes
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Recipe: Modern vanilla poundcake (Quatre quarts/Torta paradiso)

The poundcake, or “quatre quarts” as they call it in French, is the traditional cake everyone is (or should be) 

Creams, custards and sauces
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Recipe: Vanilla custard sauce (Crème anglaise)

After all pastry creams, Chantilly creams, almond creams (and so on…), welcome to the kingdom of sauces! Sauces are liquid 

Frozen desserts
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Recipe: Vacherin with ice cream and sorbet

Summer is the perfect season to enjoy fresh desserts. Or even better, frozen desserts! This time I decided to put 

Recipes
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Tips: How to spice up a fruit salad

You don’t necessarily need to master dozens of pastry skills nor spend hours to make an interesting and flavourful dessert! 

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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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