Un rêve d’été - Mousse au fromage blanc, compotée de fruits rouges sur biscuit dacquois aux amandes

[A summer dream - Fromage blanc mousse, summer berries jelly on an almond dacquois]

I’m – almost, if you don’t count the past two weeks that seemed to be lived on a post-holiday cloud – just back from Corsica.
The few days I spent there definitely set my mood for summer with a light sundrenched breeze.
Picture […]

Paralyse me, with your kiss - Tarte aux cacahuètes, caramel et chocolat au lait

[Caramel and milk chocolate peanut tarts]

If you’re anything like me, you might have already experienced that subtle feeling of awkwardness which precedes the very first kiss you’re about to give to this new someone you quite like. And quite obviously, you can never forget the right-after-feeling as well.
Exciting. Electrifying. Paralysing.

I must confess I feel the […]

De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté - Croissants parfaits

[To beat, my heart stopped - Perfect croissants]

The most paralysing feeling. This is what I felt as I woke up this morning.
Just the thought of an empty day ahead of me was enough to make me feel numb. Wide awake and yet, unable to move. The time had stopped. For a day.
Too tired to eat […]

Réussir le Christmas cake, pas à pas - Mastering Christmas cake, step by step

With every year that fades, comes Christmas cake. Boozy and dense. Covered with bright-white fondant. Light and citrusy. Packed with almonds, both whole and ground. Topped with glacé fruits.

This is how we love Christmas cake around here.

No, we’re not going insane. We just like how versatile it can be over the years. Never the same, yet not entirely different either.

This year, I’ve decided to combine our favourites from the past to create a unique and delicate cake. Most definitely number one of the Christmas cake hall of fame.
Picture plump and fragrant dried and glacé fruits, and whole almonds, held together in the shape of a cake thanks to a rich and moist batter.

Les éclats de nuages tintinabuleraient - Cake fondant ultra-chocolaté

[Cloud slivers would tinkle - Most chocolatey melt-in-your mouth loaf cake]

I didn’t really intend to share this loaf cake with you this soon.

But as I was driving back from the pâtisserie, and rain drops started to hit my car window - in what I refer to as the most comforting sound ever - I knew I had to tell you how fabulous and perfect this chocolate cake is […]