“Standard deviation”, ça marche aussi en pâtisserie? - Gâteau au yaourt et au pamplemousse

[Then standard deviation can also be applied to pâtisserie? - Yogurt and grapefruit cake]

Ask anyone from France what their favourite cake is and you’ll undeniably hear le gâteau au yaourt [yogurt cake].
It seems there is a common statement about this cake.
It might be the fact that we all learnt how to make it à l’école […]

Stepping into summer – Bill Granger’s peach, almond and yoghurt cake

I’ve arrived in New Zealand last Saturday; pretty jetlagged - to tell the truth - but still immensely happy.
There was just this thing that kept me slightly disappointed.
I had dreamt of beautiful sand beaches and a sun so bright you could hardly see. Well, what I found arriving here was – let’s say – far […]

Hate turned love – Gâteau au chocolat et à la mandarine

[Mandarin chocolate cake]

When I was younger – and by younger I mean a lot more younger -, my father who worked at home used to take me to Cannes where we would go to Rohr, a posh salon de thé for tea.He always had orangettes: candied orange peels dipped in bitter chocolate.
That was the kind […]

An afternoon in Casablanca - Pistachio cake with orange blossom syrup

From Bill Granger’s Simply bill (page 221)
Remember, a few days ago I was wondering about how to use the tons of apricots from my backyard.
I got some lovely ideas from Joycelyn: slow roasted apricots in orange caramel; from Melissa: chilled apricot soup with Muscat and from Estelle: tarte renversée aux abricots et au sucre muscovado.
These […]

When Thierry Henry scores a goal… - Blueberry, raspberry and vanilla cake

It all started last Saturday when France won 1-0 against the Brazilian team.
I’m not usually a football lover, but i have to admit i appreciate big events such as the world cup or the euro.
And as the saying goes, if you’re going to get wet… you may as well go swimming make a tricolour dessert.

Then […]