chocolate

Did you know that you can make a chocolate ganache with things besides chocolate and cream? All you need are chocolate (check!) and a liquid… like mulled wine! (check check!!). This would be fabulous for a special occasion like Christmas or New Years. The filling…

These desserts… you guys… they’re one of my favorites. When I was living in Paris and wanted a little snack, I would go to Aux Merveilleux de Fred and get a mini-sized one to munch on. Just 1.50€ and so much joy!!! Two rounds meringue…

As the holidays draw nearer, I’m thrilled to bring you a recipe for a delicious chocolate Buche de Noel from my recently released cookbook, French Pastry Made Simple. It’s a traditional cake served in France for Christmas Eve or day and is reminiscent of an…

I used to have my mom send me packets of Swiss Miss from the US. There was something home-y and wonderful about it. There was just one problem. Francois was mystified by making hot chocolate with water. It just didn’t make sense to him when…

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. They were specifically developed as a more compact cake that businessmen could stick in…

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 caramel with a fruit puree and whipped up chocolate ganache to make an…