The Art of French Pastry

CHOCOLATE, ALMOND, AND GANACHE POUND CAKE / DEERBACK ...

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YIELD | 1 LOAF This is a modified version of a moist chocolate and almond pound cake that I used ...

has revived so many old memories and brought recipes out of drawers where they had been stored for more than tw ...

ganache that puts it in the category of “devilishly good.” BEFORE YOU BEGIN Get out the following equipment and ...

Digital scale, set to metric weights Equipment for Ganache 1 pastry brush 1 loaf pan 1 sifter Parchment paper 1 ...

paddle and whisk attachments 1 large mixing bowl 1 small mixing bowl 1 rubber spatula 1 small offset spatula 1 ...

Read this recipe through twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS When it comes to nutty pound ...

Other nuts contain more fat, and the more fat there is, the less moisture can be absorbed, since fat and w ...

but for this recipe I did not because I didn’t want the acidity to clash with the acidity of the chocolate. I ...

brown butter for this recipe because it has a wonderful nutty flavor, which you can only achieve if you melt the ...

will need for the cake is that making a very small amount of ganache can be tricky, as the ganache can bre ...

WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Soft butter, for the pan | 30 grams | 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons S ...

grams | 3 tablespoons Confectioners’ sugar, sifted | 60 grams | Scant ½ cup Almond flour, skinless, sifted | 8 ...

Cornstarch | 18 grams | 2 tablespoons Butter (French style, 82% fat) | 52 grams | 1^4 / 5 ounces Almond flour, ...

Egg yolks | 50 grams | 3 yolks Clover honey | 20 grams | 2 teaspoons Whole eggs | 50 grams | 1 e ...

orange | ¼ orange Egg whites | 160 grams | ⅔ cup or about 4½ whites Granulated sugar | 80 grams | ⅓ cup ...

METHOD 1 Using a pastry brush, grease your loaf pan very generously with soft butter and pour the ...

coated, turn the pan over and allow the excess almonds to fall out. Set the excess aside for another purpose and ...

grams of confectioners’ sugar, and 80 grams of sifted almond flour together onto a sheet of parchment paper ...