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LS baking academy: cookies & bars

For the first cookie recipe on this site, I choose one of the most the most famous.

re-baking: custards (& flans)

Custards and flans = easy baking and the rewards are many.

LS baking academy: custards (& flans)

A custard is simply a liquid that has been combined with eggs or part of the egg…and then cooked until set or thickened. –From James Peterson’s “Cooking” I love James Peterson for breaking things down so simply. Now if only...

re-baking: biscuits & scones

I feel like I should apologize to those of you who’d like to see more dessert recipes turn up here,...

LS baking academy: biscuits & scones

(sun-dried tomato, comté and tarragon scones, to be specific) You know I welcome the chance to turn a sweet recipe...

re-baking: oil cake (olive oil and sauternes cake)

It’s so rare that I crave anything sweet, but going through pictures of this cake was torturous. I can still remember how enjoyable it was, the sweetness of the sauternes and dense yellow flesh, even though I made it weeks...

LS baking academy: the classic cake (génoise)

Here’s the thing. The le sauce baking academy started because I can’t bake, am/was not a baker, and I wanted to learn....

re-baking: savoury choux (gougeres)

Even better. I favour this choux recipe over the last not only because it’s savoury, it’s also much easier. I found...

LS baking academy: choux pastry (pâte à choux)

Well, we’re back to the pastry recipes, here at the le sauce baking academy (my kitchen), so naturally, I started to sweat again. I chose pâte à choux, the puff pastry that is used to make cheese and cream puffs, like...