Category: Desserts

This is a classic on French brasserie dessert menus: choux puffs, filled with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and covered with hot chocolate sauce! ...

Merveilleux cakes are a simple base of two things: meringue and whipped cream. You’ll see them in almost every patisserie in France. “As is often ...

Rolled cakes are often seen in France only around the holidays, with the traditional Bûche de Nöel, but they are delicious any time of the ...

This has to be one of the easiest deserts to make. Ever. And if you love barbecues and toffee apples – you’ll love this. I ...

We owe the Savoy Cake to the pastry chef of Amédée VI (1334 – 1383), Count of Savoy, Aosta and Maurienne. It was invented in ...

Baked pears with a caramel sauce, a speciality of Brittany. It’s an irresistible combination! Ingredients 6 ripe Comice pears or any very firm, sweet pear, ...

Salted caramel (caramel beurre sale) is a speciality of Brittany. It’s all thanks to a chocolatier called Henri le Roux that we are able to ...

In the 17th century, it wasn’t just vines that grew on the slopes around the village of Saint-Emilion in Bordeaux. Almond trees grew in abundance, ...

The classic rum baba is popular all over Europe and many lay claim to its origins. But no one can deny that it was in ...

Gâteau Basque is a traditional dessert from the French Basque region. A layer of buttery soft biscuit pastry with a layer of jam (traditionally black ...