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Easy French Dessert : Galette des Rois or Kings Cake

galette des Rois Frangipane pie French Tradition

Galette des Rois Kings Cake

Kings Cake for snack

This is my kids’ most popular and favorite dessert  or as today snack. This is a fancy snack made of almond meal, sugar, butter and eggs wrapped inside a light puff pastry.

La galette des Rois is [...]

Mini Brioches (with or without fruits)

Mini brioches

Brioche baking in the oven then cooling off in my parents’ kitchen was the best scent ever! Then the first bite into a large slice of brioche made me happy. And if my mother was making her inimitable dark hot chocolate to drink in I was in pure heaven! When visiting any [...]

2 Epiphany French King cakes for Gourmands only!

Epiphany King Cake with dried persimons

gateau des Rois brioche style

In France we celebrate Epiphany day with a cake called Galette des Rois, kings cake. Usually the first Sunday of January on Epiphany day family and friends gather together to eat this cake. In the North of France we eat the Pithiviers [...]