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Mom’s chocolate cake: how it all began…

Mom’s chocolate cake: how it all began…

It’s never easy to get started on your first article. Finding the words, setting the tone and sharing your universe while trying to captivate your readers, is really not easy. To launch this blog, I wanted to start with the recipe that marked my childhood…

Dried apricot, chocolate and pistachio blondie

Dried apricot, chocolate and pistachio blondie

On a rainy afternoon, in dire need of comfort and hungry for a snack, I headed for chocolatetcaetera.fr, one of my favorite baking blogs. I’ve never been disappointed by Guillemette’s recipes, and anyone who’s had the chance to try her brookies and mega-cookie knows that…

Richard Sève’s macaroons

Richard Sève’s macaroons

As I announced in my article on lemon macaroons, I was recently invited to Lyon to the Sève chocolate factory to discover the Musco (chocolate museum) and take a macaroon masterclass. I learned a lot (it’s not every day you get to take a class…

Easy sponge cake in 3 ingredients!

Easy sponge cake in 3 ingredients!

The sponge cake Sponge cake can be a scary preparation: who hasn’t ended up with a dense, slightly flat cookie, or one that sank after baking? It’s ultra frustrating, and that’s why I’m going to share all my tips to make sure it never happens…

6 questions to make a success of your pate sucree

6 questions to make a success of your pate sucree

In an article dedicated to this subject, I explained in detail how to create pâte sucrée, but today I’ve decided to take you step by step through the various problems you may encounter, and the main questions that apprentice pastry chefs ask themselves! Which flour…

Catching up with grainy cream or sliced cream

Catching up with grainy cream or sliced cream

I recently explained to you in an article how to fix a failed ganache and before that, all the tools that could allow you to fix almost any recipe . Today I will detail how to catch a grainy cream of the cream type. Difference…