AOur favourite cake over the New Year holidays, I’m finally recording and sharing the recipe here so variations of it can be made all year round! This mandarin bûche or log cake is light, fruity and delicious. It stores well in the freezer from which […]
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Passion fruit and raspberry charlotte log cake (bûche charlotte) recipe from a workshop! And festive Biarritz!
I wasn’t going to post this as the cake wasn’t made at home but it’s so lovely and I’d like to share some photos of beautiful Biarritz during the festive season and wish everyone a great Boxing Day (Sant Esteve here in Barcelona) and happy […]
Le Sparkly raspberry, chestnut and meringue log cake recipe (gluten-free)! And how to deal with baking disasters for fairytale endings!
Several of my near-disasters could provide you with amusement and ideas on how to battle fiendish obstacles in the kitchen with ease (?!). Somehow this log cake emerged from the battlefield, surprisingly not so bad and quite lovely just like in a fairy tale! It’s […]
Thoughts on a Chocolate pear log (bûche) and a recipe for Chocolate cider cake
We grew up with a yule log cake (bûche) for Christmas, a French tradition, and my mother told me that in the olden days neighbours visiting during the festivities used to bring a log to add to the fire before sitting down – a wooden […]
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