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Vanilla Crescents – European Christmas in a Single Bite

September 10, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Vanilla Crescents, Pastry Maestra

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hese awesome cookies are a must at Christmas time, but I’m sure that Santa wouldn’t mind having them every other day! So, why wait for Christmas – let’s have some right away!

How to Make Butter Cake

September 8, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

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ere is the riddle: It weighs at least four pounds and you can make it look like anything you want – even a British pound! Your heart will be pounding when you stand on your bathroom scale because you will gain a pound by eating it and – yes – it is also unbelievably easy to make. What is it? It’s -a butter cake!

Stamp Cookies

September 6, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Stamp Cookies, Pastry Maestra

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ave you always wanted to be a Postmaster General? Or to give a stamp of approval? Or just to send a (not so) subtle message to your significant other? Well, stamp away!

Baguette à la Napoléon

September 4, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Baguette, Pastry Maestra

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here is an interesting story about the origin of the baguette’s shape. The legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte himself requested his army boulangers to create a thin, elongated loaf, so his soldiers could carry the bread effortlessly – in their trousers!

Bavarian Cream – a Bimmer Among Creams

August 31, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Bavarian Cream, Pastry Maestra

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ou can’t afford a BMW luxury sedan? No problem! There is another gem from Bavaria, almost equally good – the Bavarian cream! And this one you can make yourself!

Cream Cheese and Sour Cherry Strudel

August 29, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Cream Cheese and Sour Cherry Strudel, Pastry Maestra

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runus cerasus, AKA sour cherry is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid between sweet cherry and dwarf cherry in the Persian Plateau or Eastern Europe, where the two species come into contact.

Raspberry and Poppy Seed Tart

August 28, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Raspberry Poppy Seed Tart, Pastry Maestra

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oppy seeds are dried, kidney-shaped seeds of the annual plant Papaver somniferum (En. sleep-bringing poppy). The plant is used in production of opium, and just in case you ask yourselves – yes, you can fail a drug test after eating poppy seeds, for real!

Rolled Fondant – an Edible Play Dough

August 27, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Rolled Fondant, Pastry Maestra

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id you like playing with modeling clay when you were a kid? Well, playing with rolled fondant will be even better because you can eat your creations! And how fantastic is that?

Viennois Cookies

August 21, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Viennois Cookies, Pastry Maestra

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ho doesn’t like to curl in front of TV, tucked in a blanket on a cold winter night, holding a cup of hot tea in one hand, and tin full of cookies in another? The only problem is that no tin is big enough… you know what I mean?

Kaiser Rolls

August 20, 2015 by Pastry Maestra

Kaiser Rolls, Pastry Maestra

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aiser rolls, also called Vienna rolls or hard rolls, are crusty, round yeast raised rolls that originated in Austria. The word ‘kaiser’ means emperor in German, and there is a belief that they got the name after Emperor (Kaiser) Franz Joseph I of Austria who lived at the turn of 19th and 20th century.

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