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Milk Chocolate Tart with Ombre Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream


Chocolate tart is a much loved dessert in our home. It is a taste sensation, with a smooth velvety ganache, melting in your mouth against a backdrop of crunchy tart biscuit. It can be sweet and bright (milk chocolate) or dark and salted (Salted dark chocolate). Use your favourite chocolate and this will be a…

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Chocolate Pâte Sablée letter tart cake


Recipe for Chocolate Pâte Sablée letter tart cake

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Tiered Baileys Chocolate Coffee Cake with swiss meringue buttercream frosting


Recipe for Tiered Baileys Chocolate Coffee Cake with swiss meringue buttercream frosting

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6 recipes/ideas to start your amazing journey with Paneton French Bakery’s new chocolate pastry


If you have ever tried making short crust pastry, you would know that while it isn’t very difficult (at least when compared to making puff pastry), it does take a bit of time to make and rest before you can roll it out for baking. Add to that my preference for a chocolate shell to…

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Chocolate hazelnut crunch bar with feuilletine


Oh dear something as addictive as macarons and needed to be available in the fridge at all times! I’m just glad these are super easy to make and can be whipped up within the hour. Didn’t even need to use the mixer. What makes these chocolate bars so irresistible? Two things: the hazelnut taste and…

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Valrhona chocolate, salted caramel and crunchy feuilletine entremet


Recipe for Valrhona chocolate, salted caramel and crunchy feuilletine entremet

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