Classic Chocolate Mousse is one of those recipes every baker should have in their back pocket. The texture is impossibly light and the chocolate flavor is deep and direct. Once you understand the technique, you can use it to…
Port Wine Hot Fudge Sauce is for chocoholics who want a grown up ice cream topping. It’s rich, velvety and so so easy to make. This is truly a very easy recipe. Dump all the ingredients in a pot…
Pâte à Choux is an essential pastry recipe that is the base for many desserts; cream puffs, eclairs, gougères and churros just to name a few. You will be surprised how easy it is to make classic choux pastry….
The classic Sacher Torte is made with chocolate cake layers, apricot preserves and a shiny chocolate-glaze finish. It’s a lovely cake fit for any occasion. For my first job fresh out of pastry school, I worked for a well…
This classic Sherry Trifle is made with layers of delicate ladyfinger cookies, raspberry preserves, homemade vanilla custard, plenty of sherry-wine, and mounds of vanilla whipped cream. Edible holly berries and leaves are the perfect decoration for an elegant Christmas…
French Onion Tarte Tatin. Thickly-sliced sweet onions are cooked with butter & white wine until golden brown. The caramelized onions are topped with Gruyere cheese and baked under a pie crust. About This Recipe Would you just take a…
Apple Frangipane Tart is a classic and elegant treat fit for any dessert table. A crisp, sweet-crust is filled with rich almond frangipane filling, baked with sliced apples and finished with apricot preserves. I know you probably hate that…
These Ginger Pumpkin Cookies are made with both ground ginger and candied ginger for extra gingery flavor. The sweet, spicy cookies are filled with whipped pumpkin ganache. You read that right, PUMPKIN ganache, OMG! Why these are THE BEST…