Once Upon a Time Pastry
50 recipes converted from their YouTube cooking videos.
Once Upon a Time Pastry is a YouTube cooking channel that focuses on pastry and dessert creations, blending French, Hong Kong, Swedish, and American influences. Their catalog on YT Recipe features desserts, breakfast treats, and snack‑style sweets, typically at a medium difficulty level.
YT Recipe hosts 61 of their video recipes as full‑text versions, complete with ingredient lists, step‑by‑step instructions, nutrition facts, and a printable PDF.
Lemon and Coconut Entremet
An elegant entremet combining the tangy freshness of lemon with the sweetness of coconut, featuring a crunchy biscuit base. Made in the Florescence patterned mold, it consists of a lemon curd insert, a coconut mousse with white chocolate, and a final ganache, all served chilled.
Hong Kong Bubble Waffle (bubble waffles)
Discover the homemade version of the famous bubble waffles from Hong Kong. A light and crispy batter, cooked in two stages to achieve airy cells, served in paper cones or flat, and topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, melted chocolate, chocolate vermicelli and Kinder Bueno for maximum indulgence.
Crêpes Suzette
Thin, light crepes flambéed with Grand Marnier, topped with a fragrant butter‑orange syrup. Perfect for Candlemas or a decadent dessert.
Vanilla Raspberry and Peanut Entremet
An elegant entremet combining a vanilla white chocolate bavarois, a tangy raspberry insert, a crunchy biscuit and peanut base, all glazed with a raspberry coulis. Perfect for special occasions, this dessert offers a play of balanced textures and flavors.
Spelt and Chocolate Cereal Bars
Light and crunchy homemade bars made with puffed spelt, coated in melty dark chocolate. Three simple ingredients (or two if you skip the nut butter) and no oven baking. Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or an energy boost.
Breton shortbread
Traditional Breton biscuits, crumbly and buttery, easy to make by hand or with a mixer. Ideal for a snack or with coffee.
Crying Cake
An ultra‑moist chocolate cake, soaked in cocoa milk, covered with light whipped cream and a chocolate ganache that flows down the sides like tears. Ideal for lovers of rich and impressive desserts.
Raspberry Mousse Cake
A light and fruity cake made of a moist almond base, a silky raspberry mousse, and topped with fresh raspberries. Ideal for summer, this gluten‑free dessert will delight homemade pastry lovers.
Cookie Rolls
Soft brioche rolls filled with a melty cookie dough and chocolate chips, between a cinnamon roll and a cookie. Ideal for breakfast or a snack, this indulgent cake is made with two doughs, rises twice and bakes in 20 minutes.
Matilda Cake – Ultra Moist Chocolate Cake
A chocolate cake inspired by the movie Matilda, incredibly moist and easy to make with a stand mixer. Three light cake layers are assembled with a silky chocolate cream, no need to smooth perfectly. Ideal for birthdays or a weekend treat.
Lemon Tart (no meringue)
A light and creamy lemon tart with a sweet almond‑flour crust, without meringue. Easy and quick, perfect for a summer dessert.
Hazelnut Vanilla Tart
A decadent tart with hazelnut shortcrust pastry, filled with a vanilla and white chocolate bavarois, a silky hazelnut cream, a crunchy praline and decorated with whipped cream and toasted hazelnuts. Perfect for special occasions or an elegant dessert.
Multifruit Cake per Slice
An elegant cake composed of a light sponge, mascarpone whipped cream and six different fruits, a different fruit per slice. Ideal for receptions or a gourmand dessert that pleases everyone.
Reverse puff pastry
A reverse puff pastry where the butter wraps the dough, giving a very risen and crispy flaky layer, ideal for 24 cm galettes. The recipe includes the dough, the butter block, three turns (two double turns and one single turn) with resting times in the fridge.
Small Cardamom Buns
Fluffy cardamom‑flavored buns inspired by traditional Swedish kanelbullar. A light brioche dough, a butter and brown‑sugar filling, and a glossy syrup glaze. Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or a sweet break.
Apple Speculoos Yule Log
A silky Yule log with caramelized apples, soaked Madeleine biscuit and white chocolate Namelaka cream, speculoos paste and heavy cream. Easy to make, it combines moist and crunchy textures for a festive and indulgent dessert.
Raspberry Tiramisu with Homemade Biscuits
A light and fruity raspberry tiramisu, made with homemade (finger) biscuits, a silky mascarpone cream and a raspberry coulis. Ideal for an elegant dessert without classic ladyfingers.
Speculoos mousse cake
A no‑bake cake, light as a mousse, based on Breton biscuits, Petit Beurre and speculoos paste, highlighted by a silky mascarpone cream and a melting glaze. Ideal for birthdays or an evening treat.
Chocolate and Praline King Cake
A decadent king cake made with homemade puff pastry, filled with a chocolate cream and homemade praline (caramelized hazelnuts and almonds). Perfect for the king's season, with a hidden bean and a beautiful egg wash glaze.
5 sweet cakes with assorted flavors
Discover how to prepare five small individual cakes with lemon‑poppy seed, pistachio, raspberry‑white chocolate, chocolate‑hazelnut and chocolate chip flavors, using a single base batter. The detailed recipe includes preparation steps, toppings and glazes for each cake, as well as pastry chef tips, storage advice and nutritional information.
M&M's Cookie Bars
Soft and ultra-indulgent cookie bars dotted with pieces of M&M's and chocolate chips. Perfect for a snack or breakfast, these cookie bars are easy to make and yield about 40 cookies or 8 large bars.
Marbled Small Animal Shapes
Colorful marbled mini cakes shaped in animal silicone molds. A fun and tasty recipe, ideal for children and celebrations. The vanilla batter and cocoa batter are piped in layers, lightly pre‑baked so the colors stay distinct, then decorated with melted dark chocolate.
Small heart-shaped shortbread cookies for Valentine's Day
Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread, pink and white, cut into hearts and interlocked for a perfect romantic look for Valentine's Day. Easy to make, they are both decorative and delicious.
Kinder Charlotte
A decadent charlotte made with Kinder Bueno bars, chocolate ganache, ladyfingers and a hint of cocoa. Ideal for a birthday or festive snack, it is assembled without baking and served nicely chilled.
Raspberry Nouga Ice Log
A festive ice log with tangy raspberry flavor and crunchy nougat, perfect for Christmas celebrations. The recipe combines a homemade raspberry sorbet, honey Italian meringue, whipped cream, and a mixture of caramelized dried fruits. It can be made with or without an ice cream maker.
Small vanilla bavarois biscuits with praline
Elegant biscuits made of a hazelnut sweet pastry base, topped with a vanilla bavarois scented with white chocolate and filled with a praline‑feuilletine core. Ideal for a refined tea time or a miniature entremet presentation.
Rustic blackberry tartlets
Small rustic tartlets with sweet pastry dough, filled with almond powder and fresh blackberries, brushed with egg and lightly sweetened with brown sugar. Served with a touch of cinnamon whipped cream, these tartlets are simple, quick and perfect for a dessert or snack.
Savory Olive, Pancetta and Pine Nut Cake
A indulgent savory cake, combining black and green olives, crispy pancetta, toasted pine nuts, Parmesan‑Gruyère cheese and a touch of greens. Perfect hot or cold, ideal as an appetizer, snack or starter.
Praline Chocolate Hearts
Small hearts made with chocolate sweet pastry dough, filled with dark chocolate ganache and decorated with praline, coated in red‑tinted white chocolate. Ideal for Valentine's Day, this recipe for two people combines pastry, firm ganache and a glossy finish.
Burnt Crepes with Diplomat Cream
Layered crepes with a light diplomat cream, all caramelized like a crème brûlée. An elegant dessert that combines the softness of crepes, the richness of pastry cream, and the crunch of burnt caramel.
Chocolate Coconut King Cake Galette Buouny Style
A gourmet king cake galette that is both chocolatey and exotic thanks to grated coconut. The crispy puff pastry, a rich butter, sugar, eggs, dark chocolate (or milk chocolate for a "buouny" effect) filling and your choice of decorative touch make this galette a holiday staple. The recipe includes all tips for a beautiful glaze, well‑sealed edges and perfect baking.
Pear, Vanilla and Caramel Yule Log
A festive log with pear, vanilla and caramel flavors, made with a pear insert, a caramel insert and a light vanilla bavarois, all surrounded by a homemade sweet pastry. Ideal for Christmas meals or any special occasion.
Strawberry Tiramisu
A no‑bake tiramisu, light and fruity, perfect for summer. Layers of mascarpone cream, ladyfingers soaked in a homemade strawberry purée and fresh strawberry pieces, all garnished with mint. Easy, quick and refreshing!
Kinder Layer Cake
A spectacular birthday cake made with chocolate sponge, Kinder ganache, Nutella and Swiss meringue buttercream. Follow each detailed step to succeed with this elegant and indulgent dessert, even if you are a beginner in pastry.
Easter Chocolate Cake
A moist chocolate cake, decorated with small chocolate eggs and sweet‑dough carrots, glazed with a shiny ganache. Perfect for celebrating Easter with a gourmet and original touch.
Magic Croissants
Ultra‑flaky croissants made with a 5‑layer butter lamination technique. The method is foolproof, ideal for breakfast or snack, and even kids can help. The dough rests twice, then the croissants are egg‑washed before baking at 190 °C.
Vanilla Caramel and Pecan Yule Log
An elegant and indulgent Christmas Yule log, made of a vanilla ganache, a creamy vanilla‑mascarpone insert, caramel pearls, toasted pecan nuts and a shortbread biscuit with chocolate chips, all covered with a white chocolate glaze and decorated with a “snow” effect using white powder.
Homemade Bagels
Soft bagels, slightly crunchy on the outside, made at home following the traditional poaching method before baking. Perfect for breakfast or a snack, they can be enjoyed sweet or savory, topped with cream cheese, smoked salmon, avocado, etc.
Pistachio and Chocolate King Cake
A decadent king cake where the sweetness of pistachio meets the intensity of dark chocolate. Made with an inverted puff pastry, a silky pistachio cream and 75 g of chocolate chips, this cake offers a perfect balance between crunch and melt, ideal for Epiphany or any special occasion.
Grand Cru Vanilla – Light Cream Cake
Homemade version of Philippe Conticini's Grand Cru Vanilla, reimagined as a large cake with a maximum of cream but lighter. An almond‑chocolate biscuit, a fluffy vanilla biscuit, two vanilla creams and an airy mousse, all assembled and glazed for an elegant and intensely vanilla result.
Raspberry Heart Cake Covered with Pink Glaze
A moist cake with almond powder and regular flour, scented with rose, with a molten raspberry purée center and a pink chocolate glaze. Perfect for Valentine's Day or any special occasion.
Vanilla Apple and Caramel Entrée
A fresh and light cake made with Breton shortbread, filled with a compote apple insert, a vanilla bavaroise and a salted butter caramel bavaroise. An elegant dessert that can be prepared ahead and served well chilled.
Meringued Chocolate Tartlets
Small indulgent tartlets made of a hazelnut sweet pastry, a silky chocolate cream, and an Italian meringue toasted with a torch. Ideal for an elegant dessert or a refined snack.
Hazelnut Chocolate Fondant
An ultra-indulgent molten cake made with dark chocolate, sea‑salt butter, hazelnut powder and a light crunch of chocolate chips. Easy and quick, it bakes in a Bundt pan without greasing and finishes with a thin layer of hazelnut spread decorated with biscuits. Ideal for a birthday or a craving for a moist dessert.
Filled doughnuts with pastry cream (Portuguese Bolas de Berlim)
Discover how to make fluffy Portuguese-style doughnuts, inspired by the famous Bolas de Berlim, filled with a silky vanilla pastry cream. The recipe uses a stand mixer to simplify kneading, but remains accessible to home cooks. Ideal for a snack or dessert, it yields 8 generously filled doughnuts.
Semi‑fast puff pastry
A puff pastry halfway between the traditional and the quick version. It uses a dough base, very cold butter and several turns without intermediate resting time, to achieve a light and crispy layering in under two hours of preparation.
Nutcracker Yule Log Mango Raspberry
A no‑bake Christmas log, composed of a white chocolate shell, a gelatinous raspberry layer, a light mango mousse and a crunchy biscuit base. Decorated with small chocolate characters and a light coloring, it is fruity, refreshing and visually impressive.
Halloween Marble Cake with Chocolate and Orange
A festive marble cake with flavors of dark chocolate and orange, perfect for Halloween. The batter is light thanks to whipped egg whites, all topped with a chocolate glaze and decorated with a white chocolate spiderweb.
Caramel Apple Croque Tablet
An indulgent dessert inspired by French toast, made in a square flexipan mold. Layers of slightly stale brioche, a silky custard, thin apple slices, a hint of cinnamon and a drizzle of salted butter caramel, all baked for a molten and caramelized result.
Raspberry and Mango Panna Cotta
A silky vanilla panna cotta, topped with a sweet mango coulis and a tangy raspberry coulis. Served in glasses, it's a refreshing and elegant summer dessert.
Frequently Asked Questions about Once Upon a Time Pastry
What recipes is the YouTube channel Once Upon a Time Pastry known for?
Its most popular titles on YT Recipe are Lemon and Coconut Entremet, Hong Kong Bubble Waffle, Crêpes Suzette, Vanilla Raspberry and Peanut Entremet, Breton Shortbread, Spelt and Chocolate Cereal Bars, Crying Cake, and Matilda Cake – Ultra Moist Chocolate Cake.
Where can I find written versions of Once Upon a Time Pastry's video recipes?
YT Recipe hosts 61 full‑text conversions of the channel’s videos, each providing ingredients, step‑by‑step directions, nutrition information, and a printable PDF.
What cuisine does the YouTube channel Once Upon a Time Pastry specialize in?
The channel draws from French, Hong Kong, Swedish, and American cuisines, reflecting a diverse pastry and dessert repertoire.
What is the typical difficulty level of the channel's recipes?
Across the 61 recipes on YT Recipe, the average difficulty is rated as medium, offering a balance of challenge and accessibility.
Do the YT Recipe pages include nutrition information for the recipes?
Yes, each full‑text recipe page includes a nutrition facts panel so you can see calories, macronutrients, and other dietary details.
Can I download a printable PDF of the recipes from YT Recipe?
Every recipe on YT Recipe provides a downloadable PDF that formats the ingredients, instructions, and nutrition data for easy printing.
Which recipe would be good for a beginner looking to try pastry?
Breton Shortbread is a straightforward butter‑based cookie that requires minimal technique, making it an excellent starting point for beginners.