A run-down of last week’s cakes and chocolate you can vote for if you’d like to see them up on the blog with adapted and simplified recipes! 🙂 There’s the delicious multi-layered Opera cake with joconde sponge, coffee buttercream and syrup then chocolate ganache and […]
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Week 39 of cakes from le Cordon Bleu pâtisserie course in Paris! Please vote! :)
Last week’s cake production was a little crazy, even by my standards! I gave some away to my landlord for his family and friends and to the homeless in the street, who looked happy to be given cake. One started eating a macaron immediately. This […]
Week 38 of cakes and Paris
From a mourning Paris I’ll just quickly give you the cake run-down first. The day before leaving for Paris I made a heavenly Raspberry, goats cheese and fig pavlova. The topping is easy and delicious and if you haven’t discovered pavlovas yet then do consider […]
Week 37 of cakes and experiments!
Oops, I was so busy in the kitchen I forgot to do this weekly update so it’s a bit late and bursting at the seams with cakes! A bit like me. lol. There were the Chocolate, chestnut mousse and spiced apple verrines. Lovely elements layered […]
Week 36 of cakes plus la Castanyada chestnut plans and Halloween recipe ideas!
First the cake roundup. I’d been deprived of cake-making while my French visitors were here so of course I went crazy in the kitchen after they left. I wonder if I have cakeitis or compulsive bakingitis. Cheesy grin. Ooh and talking about cheese my Goats’ […]
Week (31) of cakes, icing and climbing! And another festival!!!
It’s nice to make little treats but as a master pâtissier recently said it’s easier to create a strong visual impact with BIG cakes so it’s good to bake those too. Another thing I discovered was the huge difference icing can make to appearance and […]
