For you, what is the best dessert to start the season of fall? For me, it is definitely the French Apple Tart filled with a homemade apple sauce and topped with thin slices of apples. It is simple, light, flavorful, and elegant. I brought this French Apple Tart to a Mom’s Night Out and got…
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Cherry Clafoutis
Cherry Clafoutis is a classic French recipe made with fruit, traditionally black cherries, covered with a crêpe-like batter. It is really easy to make. This is my favorite recipe that I used to make in my childhood, light and flavorful. Food Advertising by In my recipe, you will see that I use vanilla cane sugar…
Apple Yogurt Cake
I really have a fondness for any kind of apple-based desserts and this Apple Yogurt Cake is really easy to make. It contains three ingredients that I love to use (apples, yogurt, and olive oil) which make a healthy and delicious moist cake fit for any time of day. Food Advertising by 2 votesPrintApple…
Kouglof (Christine Ferber)
Kouglof, Kougelhopf or Kugelhopf is a brioche made with dry raisins and decorated with almonds, and it is a specialty from Alsace (France) that is traditionally cooked in a specific circular bundt cake mold made from enameled terracotta or copper. I have never made a Kouglof before and I was excited to attempt to follow a recipe…
Mixed Berry Crumble
Crumble is a quick and delicious British dessert that you can make any time of year with different combination of fruit. I love the buttery crunch of the crumble with the fruit and the lemon zest gives a little freshness. This dessert can be eaten alone, but crumble becomes irresistible with a scoop of vanilla ice cream…
Stollen (Christine Ferber)
This other recipe of Stollen comes from Christine Ferber, a Master Pastry Chef in Niedermorschwihr (Alsace, France). She is well known as a maker of the best French jams in her shop, Le Relais des Trois Epis. Her jams can be enjoyed in the most exclusive places on the planet. The texture of this Stollen…
Stollen
Stollen or Christollen is a traditional German sweet yeast bread with dried nuts and fruits and can be stuffed with almond paste that you eat during the Christmas season. Stollen is also known in Alsace and Lorraine where I am from. But even after Christmas in my household, we enjoyed this little treat, especially when…
Galette des Rois (King Cake)
In France it is a tradition to share the Galette des Rois (King Cake) on Epiphany Day, which is on January 6th. It celebrates the arrival of the three Wise Men in Bethlehem. Food Advertising by During the entire month of January, in most bakeries and pastry shops you will find the traditional Galette des…