Posts tagged Dessert

Papillotes meli-melo – Mixed fruits with honey, raisins, pistachios and coconut in parchment paper
615 years ago
Méli-mélo de papillotes – Pommes, poires et bananes au miel, raisins, pistaches et noix de coco en papillotes avec glace vanille
Des pommes, des poires et des….bananes!! I have been thinking about those papillottes for so long. I thought about them kept thinking about them, and always made [...]

Something for breakfast…or not – Mini Manqué pear cakes with blackberry jam
3215 years ago
Une petite douceur pour le déjeûner… ou pas – Mini manqués aux poires et la confiture de mûres
Not that I particularly love to celebrate my birthday as a great or special day at all, but it’s the nostalgic side of me that talking. I like to do something different every year because I want to [...]

Classic combination – Chocolate crêpes stuffed with caramelized pears – Almond whipped cream
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La combinaison classique – Crêpes au chocolat farcies de poires caramelisées et crème fouettée aux amandes
Don’t we all love crêpes? They’ re so easy to make and always a great pleasure to share with friends or just when you have a crêpe craving. You can flavor the dough and enhance them with [...]

Good memories are back – Pâtissier flan tart
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Les bons souvenirs sont de retour – Tarte au flan pâtissier
Flan pâtissier, tarte au flan, different names for the same thing. It’s a traditional and classic dessert that is simple and quite delicious, a kids and adult’s favorite in France. It’s not considered sophisticated nor fancy, just a [...]

My first American cake – Carrot and walnut cake with cardamom
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Mon premier gâteau americain – Gâteau aux carottes, noix et cardamome
This is an odd and very bright picture of the cake but I have so much light under my window with direct sun light to the table, that could not manage to shoot with a more subtle lighting. The picture is incredibly bright, you [...]

A thought for my best friend – Cake of the crumb fairy for Chantal
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Pensée pour ma meilleure amie – Gâteau de la fée aux miettes pour Chantal
I woke up this morning with a text message from my best friend in France, Chantal. Her message was “Impossible de t’appeler pour l’instant – Pense a toi – Ta Bichette qui t’aime” literally translated by “Cannot call you [...]

Simply orange – Orange cake with poppy seeds, blossom orange water and candied oranges
1116 years ago
Orange tout simplement – Gâteau à l’orange aux graines de pavot, oranges confites et eau de fleur d’oranger
Some days you just feel like a particular item no matter what…after a migraine from hell I had yesterday (seriously the worse migraine I had in my whole life), I was thinking to go to the [...]

Peaches for me, peaches for you – Tartlets with grilled honey-vanilla peaches on almond custard
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Des pêches pour moi, des pêches pour toi – Tartelettes aux pêches vanillées et grillées sur crème patissière parfumée à l’amande
That was the dessert part of the dinner when my friend came over. Originally I wanted to make the traditional tarte aux fraises, strawberry tart with vanilla custard [...]

That’s not for Pépito! – Green tea, coconut, and almond bouchées
1616 years ago
Ca, ce n’est pas pour Pépito! – Bouchées au thé vert matcha, à la noix de coco et poudre d’amandes
I just adopted the most adorable white parakeet and named him Pépito (named after some chocolate cookies in France when I was growing up called Pépito, they were cookies covered with milk chocolate [...]

A few mousses in a layer or two – Mascarpone mousse with raspberries and strawberry coulis imitation tiramisù
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Delizio in un bicchiere – Mousse di Mascarpone con lamponi e coulis di fragole alla Tiramisù
At this time of the year, I am either in Italy or France with my family and right now I tend to get nostalgic…it’s cold, foggy and windy in San Francisco, and I wish I were home. When I get homesick, I [...]