The Best Vanilla Pastry Cream Recipe This is my absolute FAVORITE, tried and true recipe for silky smooth, perfect Vanilla Pastry Cream. It’s super simple, remarkably stable, and comes out perfect every time. It will hold its own at room temperature for hours without breaking down, and you can even bake it inside pastries like…
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Eggnog Pots de Creme {Little pots of eggnog custard}
Eggnog Pots de Creme To properly enjoy Pots de Creme, we must all speak with our best French accent while we pretend to be somewhere in Paris drinking espresso, nibbling on cookies and savoring a melt-in-your-mouth delicious little dish of Eggnog Pots de Creme. (Do they even have eggnog in Paris? Whatever. Not the point.)…
Mini Butterscotch Éclairs
Mini Eclairs with Butterscotch Pastry Cream and Butterscotch Sauce These buttery little two-bite mini éclairs are bursting with butterscotch pastry cream and covered butterscotch sauce. Butterscotch Sauce and Pastry Cream. These little mini éclairs are stuffed with my absolute favorite pastry cream which is flavored with my absolute favorite butterscotch sauce. Both are easy to make and can…
Almond Cake with Cranberry Sauce
Tender Almond Cakes with Cranberry Orange Sauce Almond cake is one of those desserts that seems rather plain and unassuming and then blows you away with how delicious it is. The cake couldn’t be simpler to make and only includes a handful of ingredients. But the finished result is both rich and elegant. I had…
Perfect Profiteroles {Little French Cream Puffs}
How to make perfect profiteroles (aka, cream puffs) Profiteroles (cream puffs) are buttery little balls of choux pastry (pâte à choux) baked until light, tender, and puffed up to form a hollow center. They are the perfect vessel for pastry cream, ice cream, whipped cream, all varieties of savory ingredients, or anything your imagination and taste…
The Classic Napoleon | Mille Feuille Cream Pastry
How to Make the Classic French Napoleon Dessert Napoleon Dessert. Layers of flaky French pastry and perfect vanilla pastry cream come together in this popular, decadent cream pastry, also known as a Mille Feuille. The Classic French Napoleon Pastry is without a doubt one of my all time favorite desserts. If I could, I would…
Chocolate Soufflé with Crème Anglaise
Individual Chocolate Soufflés with Vanilla Custard Sauce. The Classic French Chocolate Soufflé is light as air and rich as sin. Surprisingly simple to make, Individual Chocolate Soufflés look impressive, but come together in a flash. Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m not much of a joiner. As in, I don’t like to join…
French Cruller Doughnut Recipe
Homemade French Crullers with Honey Glaze. Homemade French Crullers, made with tender, buttery pâte à choux and dipped in sweet honey glaze, are simple enough for a lazy Sunday morning breakfast but pretty enough for a special occasion brunch. French Crullers were not in my baking plan for the week. I had intended to bake a…
Chai Vanilla Pots de Creme | Chai Vanilla Custard
Little Pots of Chai Vanilla Custard Heaven. These adorable little Pots de Creme, infused with the flavors of chai and vanilla, are impossibly smooth, silky, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. My whole family is currently obsessed with Chai Vanilla Pots de Creme. Why? Because it’s AMAZING. On the surface, this dessert doesn’t look like anything special. It’s…
Perfect Chocolate Eclairs {Filled with Pastry Cream}
How to make Chocolate Eclairs filled with pastry cream Eclairs are buttery logs of choux pastry (pâte à choux) baked until light, tender, and puffed up to form a hollow center that’s perfect for filling with luscious vanilla pastry cream and topping with a rich chocolate glaze. Eclairs are one of the many delicious desserts…