Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and nuts - Lal Nallath/Shutterstock When it comes to a slice of something sweet to ...

Whip egg, trimoline and vanilla bean to 60 % till it reaches a soft peak and add almond paste simultaneously. Fold in all the flour and baking powder. Melt the butter to 40⸰C, temper it with the above ...

Gateau Basque is kind of like a tart, or a pie, or a cookie -- and the filled cake is one of the more unusual desserts in cookbook author Dorie Greenspan's repertoire. "It's a dry cake, but delicious, ...

The braised lamb is redolent of pomegranates and cumin. The chicken dumpling soup is fragrant with Persian limes and cardamom. Pan-seared potato gnocchi are laced with dried porcini, mesquite-grilled ...

Author Aleksandra Crapanzano, who lived in Paris as a child, has written a charming new book on French confections. In "Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes," she tells the story of ...

Gâteaux Pâtisserie is the kind of boutique pastry shop that forces one to make an almost overwhelming decision among dozens of elegant, elaborate, rich Parisian desserts like eclairs, macarons, ...

“Sweet enough for you?” asks Kathleen Kenny Davia, co-owner of Gateaux, the French bakery at 1160 Speer Boulevard. She was referring specifically to the white chocolate peach torte, which she ...