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Recipe Index

Breads

Apple Danish Braid

Brioche with Muscavado Sugar Swirl

Cinnamon Rolls

Potato Foccacia

Sticky Buns

Candy

Honey and Sea Salt Caramels

Cakes

Apple Spice Cakes

Bostini Cream Pie

Chocolate Almond Cakes

Chocolate Capri Cake

Cocoa-Buttermilk Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream

Cupcakes of Love

Ginger Date Pudding Cakes with Rum Toffee Sauce

Goat Cheesecake Enrobed in Hazelnut Brittle with Blood Orange Caramel Sauce

Goji Berry Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache and Himalayan Pink Salt

Green Tea Cake with Red Bean Filling

Hazelnut Cake with Roasted Glazed Peaches

Honey Castella with Tangerine Curd

Lychee Butter Cake

Malted Chocolate Mousse Cakes

Molten Chocolate Cake Two Ways

Olallieberry White Tea Cupcakes

Perfect Party Cake

Plum Cornmeal Cake

Sesame Seed Cake with Honey Ice Cream

Strawberry Mirror Cake

Tiramisushi

Vanilla Bean Lemon Cake with Raspberries

Chocolate

Bittersweet Chocolate Tartlets

Bittersweet Citrus Tart

Black and White Chocolate Malteds

Chocolate Capri Cake

Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart

Malted Chocolate Mousse Cakes

Matcha Truffles

Milk Chocolate and Caramel Tart

Molten Chocolate Cake Two Ways

Spiced Chocolate Mousses

Warm Chocolate Souffle Tart

Wasabi Ginger Truffles with Black Sesame Seeds

Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bake-off

Chocolate Macarons with Peppermint Ganache

Chocolate Shortbread with Cacao Nibs and Sea Salt

Chocolate Shortbread Nuggets

Cranberry-Cherry Icebox Ribbons

Gingersnaps

Honey Madeleines

Korova (World Peace) Cookies

Lavender Shortbread

Lemon Poppyseed Shortbread

Linzer Cookies

Nibby Pecan Cookies

Olallieberry Napoleons with Orange Shortbread

Thick and Chewy Gingerbread

TKOs

Custards

Bostini Cream Pie

Cherry Clafouti

Hazelnut Creme Brulee

Honey Panna Cotta with Grilled Figs

Lemon Mousse with Citrus Compote and Caramel Snaps

Maple Star Anise Mousse

Pandan Cheesecake Pops

Rosebud Creme Brulee

Spiced Chocolate Mousses

Fruit

Baked Apples with Dried Fruit and Nuts with Calvados Caramel Sauce

Mango Coconut Parfait

Normandy Apple Tart

Passion Fruit Souffle Glace with Pineapple Fruit Soup

Roasted Glazed Peaches

Roasted Strawberry Meringues

Strawberry Mango Verrine

Strawberries with Rose Cream

Taffy Lady Apples

Ice Cream

Brown Sugar Ginger Ice Cream

Gingersnap Lemon Sherbet Sandwiches

Jasmine Ice Cream

Lemon Frozen Yogurt with Raspberries

Lemon Verbena Ice Cream

Mango Ripple Ice Cream

Mini Meringue Baskets with Peach and Pomegranate Sorbets

Nectarine Sherbet

Orange Blossom Buttermilk Sorbet

Passion Fruit Souffle Glace

Plum Sorbet

Roasted Cinnamon Ice Cream

Sesame Seed Cake with Honey Ice Cream

Strawberry Semifreddo

Vanilla Lemon Bean Parfait with Raspberries

White Peach Sorbet

Pastry

Apple Turnovers

Gateaux St-Honore

Linzertorte

Sesame Seed Balls with Chocolate Filling

Tarts

Almond Apricot Frangipane Tartlets

Apple and Almond Tart

Bittersweet Chocolate Tartlets

Bittersweet Citrus Tart

Blueberry Tarts with Meyer Lemon Cream

Breton Shortbread with Strawberries

Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart

Lemon Meringue Tartlets

Mango Mousse Tart in a Macadamia Nut Crust

Milk Chocolate and Caramel Tart

Normandy Apple Tart

Pear and Almond Frangipane Tart

Strawberry Rhubarb Tart

Warm Chocolate Souffle Tart

White Peach and Raspberry Tart with Pistachio Frangipane


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about pastrygirl

Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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