Meringue is one of the most mesmerizing products of pastry and for sure one of the most used ones – you can use meringue on its own, you can dry it out, you can incorporate in a sponge, add it in a mousse, you can use it as a macarons base and the list can…
Cheesecake Bars with Fruit Compote
I love summer and its fruit varieties. It must be one of the most loved seasons by pastry chefs due to all the colours and flavors available. It’s so easy to get proper flavor in a cake when you have berries available, when you have herbs all over the place. All you have to do…
Blueberry Crumble Muffins
It’s amazing how fruits can inspire a pastry chef! All these colours, all these flavors, the textures – it’s pure heaven for creativity. But at the same time it can easily be exactly the opposite. So this summer I decided to go back to the roots of baking a little bit, discover what fruits have…
Honeycomb Candy
Honeycomb has long fascinated me! For a while it felt like some sort of magic is going on with it and it foams up. I realized soon enough that there is no magic, it’s all chemistry and the reason honeycomb is so airy is the chemical reaction coming from the baking soda. What you are…
Tiramisu Cake
Coffee – I’ve long had a hate relationship with the idea of adding it to desserts. Until Tiramisu happened! That is when I realized that coffee has a huge potential to shine in any dessert, even though it’s difficult to get close to this Tiramisu cake in terms of taste and texture. This recipe has…
Ateliere de Cofetarie by Olguta
Aceasta vara inseamna debutul a ceea ce am hotarat sa numesc simplu Ateliere de Cofetarie by Olguta, o colectie de cursuri independente pe care le voi aduna in aceasta noua pagina ce a aparut pe blog – Ateliere de Cofetarie – pe care va invit sa o vizitati pentru a avea acces la noutati. Cursurile…
Oatmeal Fruit Crumble
Summer is in full swing and I love it! All these fruits and fresh products, all these salads and aromas ready for be infused in desserts! It’s my favorite time of the year for sure! And it’s also the time when I avoid using the oven too much and focus more on desserts that require…
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chocolate chip cookies are not only packed with chocolate, but so moist and delicious that one cookie alone won’t be enough!
Moist Banana Brownies
Brownies might as well become this blog’s signature as there are so many recipes already published, all of them delicious, fitted for every taste! You can choose between these raspberry brownies or these fluffy brownies of Pierre Herme, although if you love moist, gooey brownies, the 4 chocolate brownies might be a better choice. I…
Scoala de Vara by Olguta
Scoala de Vara este un curs de cofetarie gandit pentru pasionatii de cofetarie, incepatori sau intermediari, oameni care isi doresc sa descopere tainele cofetariei, pornind de la fursecuri la tarte, de la macarons la torturi, de la ceea ce reprezinta baza cofetariei catre produse mai complexe, dar care au in comun un singur lucru –…
Mini tarte cu matcha si zmeura
Continuam aventura cu matcha de la Nevis inceputa in articolul de zilele trecute cu aceste mini tarte cu matcha si zmeura atat de delicate in simplitatea lor. Exteriorul poate nu impresioneaza, insa interiorul iese in evidenta cu siguranta! O coaja nispoasa de pate sucree ce se topeste in gura, un gel de zmeura intens aromatizat…
Matcha Black Sesame Petit-Gateaux
Matcha Black Sesame Petit-Gateaux was not an easy cake to come up with. I had a hard time at first pairing matcha with other flavors, so I started looking for inspiration. Eventually I found Sadaharu Aoki who is a Japanese pastry chef living in France. His shop is known for the mix of Japanese flavors…
