The Art of French Pastry

cake will be dry. I usually use cake flour for my sponges as it is low in gluten; no one likes a rubbery cak ...

process cocoa powder; this type of processing neutralizes the acidity in the cocoa. Dutch-process cocoa powder has ...

cream, resulting in a mousse that is slightly liquid. To help it hold its shape, we fold a small amount ...

crumble. For the cherries in syrup I use fresh dark cherries when they are in season. Otherwise I use froz ...

eaten fresh, and I usually do not use them to flavor mousses, as they do not have a lot of flavor compar ...

and turn brown unless you cook them with sugar or preserve them by pickling them with an acid suc ...

even less of an alcohol flavor and more of a cherry flavor. INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNC ...

mixture for greasing pans if using a regular cake pan | 1 recipe | 1 recipe Cake flour | 75 grams | ...

on the size of the eggs Granulated sugar | 45 grams | 3 tablespoons Egg whites | 110 grams | 3 whites plus ...

CHERRIES IN SYRUP Dark cherries, pitted | 285 grams | 10 ounces Granulated sugar | 100 grams | ½ cup Organic c ...

teaspoon Vanilla Custard Sauce | ½ recipe | ½ recipe Chocolate Mousse | 1 recipe | 1 recipe CHERRY SOAKING J ...

juice | 5 grams | 1 teaspoon Cherry juice (from cherries in syrup) | 100 grams | ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespo ...

fat) | 105 grams | ½ cup Gelatin | 2.5 grams | 1 teaspoon Water | 12.5 grams | 1 scant tablespoon Kirs ...

ounces or about ⅞ cup Dark chocolate couverture (64%) block, for decoration | One 50-gram block | One 1⅖-ounce bl ...

decoration | As desired | As desired ORGANIZING YOUR TIME Black Forest cake takes longer to make than many ...

all of them ready. It’s definitely not the cake to decide to make on the morning of your spouse’s birthday ...

sauce Start the chocolate mousse DAY 2 Prepare the cherry soaking syrup and soak the cake Make the Bavarian crea ...

METHOD DAY 1 MAKING THE CHOCOLATE SPONGE 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C. If you are not using a Flexi ...

cocoa powder. 2 Place the egg yolks and the first 45 grams of sugar in the bowl of your mixer, attach ...

with a rubber spatula. Thoroughly wash the electric mixing bowl and whisk attachment with hot soapy water ...