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Baba Napolitana
A versatile, orange and rum soaked baba You might be familiar with rum babas? This is the Italian version, hailing from Napoli. It’s often made for celebrations including Christmas. It’s …
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Oldbury Tarts
A traditional Gloucestershire Recipe Do you make a traditional recipe from your locality? As a newcomer to Gloucestershire I really wasn’t aware of a particular recipe to make. There seemed …
Galette des Rois – King Cake
What are Galettes des Rois? At Epiphany (early January), French boulangeries are stocked with Galettes des Rois (king cake). In its traditional form, these are two disks of puff pastry …
How to make choux buns
Laurent Veaudour shares his tips Are you born a patissier or do you become one? When you were little, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew …
Make a delicious rhubarb dessert
Try my Rhubarb Almond Cake With plenty of rhubarb growing in the garden and available in the markets, it’s time to make a delicious dessert. Is it a cake or …