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Raspberry Paris Brest on a cake stand

Raspberry Paris Brest

This Raspberry Paris Brest is a beautifully nontraditional take on a very traditional French pastry. The name, Paris Brest, comes from a bicycle race that happens in France between (you guessed it) Paris and the town of Brest. According to Larousse Gastronomique, a pastry-cook, whose shop was along the route of […]

Cake & Cupcakes, Fruit Dessert
Raspberry Custard Tart | Zoe Francois

Raspberry Custard Tart (Flan Parisien)

This is a wonderful tart filled with vanilla custard. You’ll find custard tart in every patisserie in Paris, but have likely never come across one here in the states. Its rustic simplicity is exactly the kind of pastry I love. It’s really quite easy to create; a tart dough (this […]

Cake & Cupcakes, Fruit Dessert