The Toffee Trilogy – Part Two – The Buttercrunch

Salted Almond Buttercrunch, Pastry Maestra

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s we’ve already learned in the post about toffee, buttercrunch is a candy very similar to toffee. Similar I say, not the same! However, lots of people, while talking about a hard, crunchy candy made of sugar and butter use both of those terms interchangeably.

The Toffee Trilogy – Part Three – The Butterscotch

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utterscotch is a hard candy similar to toffee and buttercrunch, except that, instead of regular white sugar, it is always made of brown sugar and butter, with the addition of glucose syrup, vanilla and other flavorings.

How to Make Simple Coffee and Chocolate Macarons

Coffee and Chocolate Macarons, Pastry Maestra

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h, Le Macaron! This sweet little masterpiece from France is a serious pain in the-you-know-where to make for many pastry enthusiasts – heck – even some trained chefs have been known to throw the whole batches to trash! But hey – don’t worry, with this step by step recipe, you’ll be able to ace it every time!

How to Make Danish Pastry Pinwheels

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id you know that in 2015 (according to the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDSN) the citizens of Denmark were the happiest people in the world? Some would reasonably guess that Danish pastry is one of the reasons for all that happiness, since it originated in Denmark, would they? Well, although it sounds unlikely, they would be wrong! So, why in God’s name is it called Danish at all?

How to Make Lady Fingers

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hen I imagine how a lady’s hand should look like, what comes to my mind is an image of a thin, silky smooth hand and elegant, elongated digits with manicured, buffed fingernails. And maybe, jut maybe, some discrete jewelry, if any. Now, who, in God’s name, could find any resemblance between the image I have just described and soft sponge cake cookies that got exactly the same name, is beyond me!

No Knead Dutch Oven Bread

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his bread is so fantastic that I am literally over the moon and I just can’t stop eating it! Forget everything that you have learned about making yeast dough for a moment, and take a look at this perfect, crunchy crust! And the inside, OMG the inside is so soft and full of little holes! The best part is – it is so ridiculously easy to make this bread that anybody can do it!

Swiss Roll – a Sponge Cake Swirl That Isn’t Swiss at All

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ould it be that some bored Swiss banker, sitting in the vault and making endless rolls of money, came to an idea of making a cake that looks like – a roll of money? Or the inventor of the Swiss roll was a tired clock maker that became dizzy of looking at the countless cogwheels swirling back and forth? Nobody knows.

Chiffon Cake – a Cake With The Bow Tie

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hiffon is a fabric that is usually used for evening gowns and it denotes high style and fashion. It is elegant, lightweight and sheer – just like the chiffon cake!

Ischler Cookies – The Naughty Emeperor’s Favorites!

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schler [iːʃler] cookies are considered to be one of the finest examples of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy’s pastry tradition, originated in Bad Ischl [baːt ˈɪʃl̩] – a famous spa town in upper Austria, where the Emperor Franz Joseph I enjoyed his summers.

How to Make Dacquoise

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s it a cake, or a sponge cake? Is it meringue?
Dacquoise [da-kwaz] can be a layered cake, a cake component, and it always contains meringue, however – it isn’t just meringue. It is one very special sweet treat!

My name is Tereza. I’m a professional pastry chef and I will teach you how to make professional-grade desserts using only easily attainable ingredients and basic, inexpensive tools and equipment. No ‘secrets’, no ‘mystery’, no bull.

My name is Tereza.
I’m a professional pastry chef and I will teach you how to make professional-grade desserts using only easily attainable ingredients and basic, inexpensive tools and equipment. No ‘secrets’, no ‘mystery’, no bull.