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DEVIL'S CREAM PIE with a twist
Devil's Cream with an added layer of strawberry mousse. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Oreos. Who am I kidding? I'm still obsessed with Oreos. I went so far as to steal an entire package from my...
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Creamy Artichoke and Heirloom Tomato Tart
I remember the exact moment I first tried an artichoke. It was in Jennifer Nunes' kitchen in Arlington, VA. We were in the fifth grade. Her mother set down a ramekin with melted butter. I'm half...
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Everyone Gets a Chocolate Chip Cookie
Picture from Let Them Eat Cake taken by Tina Rupp On this wonderful day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, I am posting the very first recipe from my book Let Them Eat Cake. This recipe, like all the...
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"SURPRISE! You're a STAR!" Mousse Cake with mirror drip glaze.
If you have a favorite mousse recipe, you can feel free to adapt it to this technique. The following rule applies to ALL mousse cakes made with both the interior surprise AND the glaze: (1) whichever...
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The Heaven and H.E. Double Hockey Sticks Cake
I appreciate an impossibly tall cake. They happen to be in fashion now too. The official term is: Barrel Cake. But I liked tall cakes before they were cool or had a trendy moniker. As a matter of...
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Falconry, Owls and New Adventures
Many of you know from reading my baking memoir, Confections of a Closet Master Baker (aka My Life from Scratch), that my mother's nickname since childhood was eule (owl in German) and that since she...
View ArticlePie. LIVE!
There's some fun stuff going on over on my Facebook page, Gesine BP. I'm doing live video demos. The videos are then saved on the page so you can view the lesson whenever you like. But what I've found...
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Croissant! With a full demo.
If you joined me live on Facebook today on my page, you participated in some high wire baking! Croissant. LIVE! If you missed it, you can still experience all the thrills and spills while I take you...
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Cronuts, Croissant Cinnamon Buns and Bear Claws, OH MY! Facebook LIVE...
This past Labor Day, I showed you how to make my croissant dough on Facebook Live. Along with the dough, we made plain croissant and a Pain au Chocolat (chocolate croissant).STRETCH that plain...
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Croissant LIVE Part Deux: Cronuts, Cinnamon Buns, Bear Claws, OH MY!
CRONUT! Hello, sweet people! We had a wonderful LIVE croissant part two session and, as promised, I'm including the recipes for the Cronut filling (vanilla pastry cream) and for the Bear Claw/Pain au...
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COMING ON SUNDAY....STRUDEL. LIVE! Sunday the 18th @ 11am EST
Join me on my Facebook page, @gesinebp, on Sunday, September 18th at 11am EST for a LIVE encounter with strudel. The dough looks intimidating but it's so damn fun to make and stretch. And there's more...
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Apfel and Topfenstrudel...LIVE!
Apfelstrudel As promised here are the recipes from today's Facebook LIVE strudel demo along with some step-by-step photos of the Topfenstrudel that Ray took!Topfenstrudel with sour cherriesFor the...
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CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE! aka TATE PIE. Video tutorial
We had a special guest join our Sunday session today, Tate of the famous Tate Pie (as seen in my book Pie It Forward). To be honest, I switched it up a bit and made chocolate cream pie instead of...
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Better Homes and Gardens, October Feature. An inside peak at the making...
If you haven't pick up a copy of this month's Better Homes and Gardens, RUN don't walk and get one to see all the Harvest/ Oktoberfest fun from Freegrace. I share everything from my Bavarian soft...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello sweet people. I hope you're doing well. We've already had some snow at Freegrace and we are so ready to hunker down and get cuddly. But sometimes I have to travel outside of my beloved Vermont...
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December's here!
Happy December! Just wanted to update you on my teaching schedule. I'll be at Stonewall Kitchens in Maine, January 6th and 7th. Learn Quick Puff and Choux! Click this LINK to go to the Stonewall site...
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SUGAR GLIDER KITCHEN: the place to learn to bake
It's been a wee bit quiet here on this site. For that I apologize. But I've been baking up something fabulous. I've been converting my commercial baking space in Vermont into a classroom. I have loved...
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Sweet Valentine's Day Treats from the Today Show
I spent another great morning sharing some of my favorite Valentine's Day treats on the Today Show. It never gets old. This time, we made surprise inside cookies and some insanely decadent yet simple...
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Vegan Desserts on Wendy Williams!
In case you missed it, I was on Wendy Williams making vegan desserts from my book Let Them Eat Cake. For the recipes, click HERE.And ERMAHGERD! The first class at SUGAR GLIDER KITCHEN launches exactly...
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Sugar Glider Kitchen: The Place to Learn to Bake
I perform a trick when I teach pies at my little baking school, Sugar Glider Kitchen. I do it after the class has made the perfect pie crust and I’ve left their future flaky perfection to chill in my...
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