Baking Tips: Chocolate Ganache
Our Baking Tip Series continues with a tip from my culinary school friend- Tina! aka Tina Beana!! Miss you and your whisking style! ;-) Use a spatula or small whisk to mix chocolate ganache! Chocolate...
View ArticleMini Pumpkin S’mores Tarts
Last week I was on the hunt for a torch. We’re talking a mega torch for singeing things like meringue or warming up the bowl of a mixer to get butter to room temperature faster. I’d say a torch, mixer,...
View ArticleMini Chocolate Heart Cakes
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! I had a little rendevous at my friend Cara’s place from le 5eme Etage. The goal was to A. make a heart shaped tomato tarte tatin that I’d had milling around in my...
View ArticleTWO Bowl Chocolate Chip Cookies
now now now- I know it’s usually “One Bowl” this or that but I think two bowls is pretty darn good. Well actually I should correct that and say one bowl, a small saucepan, a whisk, and a stirring spoon...
View ArticleChocolate Mousse Cake
What is it about Valentine’s day that essentially calls for cute desserts? Hm maybe because an excellent way to show love, give joy, and share happiness is through a delicious treat perhaps!...
View ArticleChocolate Raspberry Financiers
The story of the financier is that they were invented by a pastry shop in the Stock Exchange sector of Paris as little cakes in the shape of gold bars that businessmen could put in their pocket as a...
View ArticleChocolate Chestnut Cake
This weekend Eileen and I did our first food photography and pastry workshop together in Paris. Seriously what an incredible time we had. The ladies that come were lovely and we were constantly...
View ArticleCardamom & Coffee Cake with fresh Raspberries & Chocolate Ganache
This is one of those cakes where I was like, hmm, what more can I add? It was for the combined birthday of the Frenchman’s parents (they were born three days apart!). His mom loves Opera cake and...
View Article2nd Surprise Bake Along: Sable Cookies + Ganache
Thank you to everyone who joined for the bake along! Such a shame that the live video didn’t save so everyone could catch the replay! I really find that is the time when all those tips come out, when...
View ArticleChocolate Torte + Raspberry Salted Caramel & Whipped Chocolate Ganache
Wow that’s quite a title! Didn’t it get your mouth watering though? for September’s Bake Along we did an incredibly moist chocolate cake using hazelnut (or almond) flour, played around with flavoring...
View ArticleFinanciers: Jan 2020 Surprise Bake Along
On January 26th we gathered together on Instagram Live to bake Financiers, a seriously delicious almond cake. Their name comes from where the dessert originated: in the financial district in Paris....
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