Category Archives: Sweet tooth
Black forest cake, la Forêt noire
Last week, I had great pleasure in making this Black Forest cake for a special birthday. This cake comes from Germany: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, which means “Black Forest cherry torte”. Traditionally, Black Forest cake consists of many layers of light chocolate … Continue reading
Le Gâteau Nantais: Simply delicious!
My friend Florence, told me she had a lot of Almond flour and didn’t know what to do with it… A good excuse to make this “Rum cake”, a recipe from the west coast of France. This is an easy … Continue reading
Grapefruit & pear tart. Tarte aux pamplemousses et aux poires.
Such a long time I didn’t post anything! Too much work, I guess… My friend, Corinne, lent me a recipe book from Eric Kayser, a famous french pastry and baker who open many shops around the world. If you go … Continue reading
Tarte Bourdaloue : Pear and almond cream tart
Bourdaloue tart is a classic french dessert: sweet crust pastry, almond cream & poached pears. La tarte Bourdaloue est un dessert classique français composée de pâte sucrée ou sablée,d’une crème d’amandes et de poires pochées dans un sirop à la vanille. … Continue reading
French donuts: “Bugnes”
In February, for Carnaval or mardi gras, we make beignets: The pastry usually consists of deep-fried dough and is a sort of doughnut. Depending on the region, we call them different names: bugnes, merveilles, oreillettes… Around Lyon, we call them … Continue reading
Les Crêpes Suzette: the most known french dessert.
There is one thousand recipes of crêpes Suzette… here’s another one! In this recipe, crêpes are bathed in a tangy , buttery orange sauce, flambé ( or not…) with Grand Marnier . Crêpes: 1 cup flour 1 1/2 cups milk … Continue reading
Traditional “galette des rois”
I simply could not resist baking THE traditional galette today! It is not so complicated: we need puff pastry, made with butter, it is better…(Butter= better…ah ah !) and an almond cream. The recipe : Ingredients: 120gr of Sugar … Continue reading
Crème caramel
3 Ingredients: milk, eggs & sugar. That’s it! Easy, simple, light and delightful. One of my favorite! Recipe: 4 eggs 1 cup of sugar 2 cups of whole milk 1 cup of sugar for the caramel Make a dry caramel … Continue reading
“Tartelette fine” aux pommes
Apples, again! There are so many ways to cook apple tart! This one is simple, delicious, fancy and VERY EASY … You will need apples, puff pastry, sugar & butter flake. Roll & cut the puff pastry … Continue reading
Apple’s day…
Today is a snowy day, therefore I decided to bake apples. First I made a ” pâte sucrée”, a sweet dough, which is very delicate and buttery . It is usually used for lemon , chocolate or red fruit tarts. … Continue reading