Once Upon a Time Pastry
50 recipes converted from their YouTube cooking videos.
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.
Breton shortbread
Traditional Breton biscuits, crumbly and buttery, easy to make by hand or with a mixer. Ideal for a snack or with coffee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crêpes Suzette
Thin, light crepes flambéed with Grand Marnier, topped with a fragrant butter‑orange syrup. Perfect for Candlemas or a decadent dessert.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pithiviers with almond cream
A Pithiviers, a variant of the king cake, made with homemade puff pastry and a rich almond cream. The dough is laminated in several turns, the filling is prepared by hand, then the cake is decorated in a sun shape and glazed with a shiny syrup.
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.
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.
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.
Japanese roll biscuit with choux pastry and meringue
An ultra‑moist roll biscuit, light as a mousse, made with choux pastry enriched with meringue. Ideal for Christmas yule logs or as a base for festive desserts.
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.
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.
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.
The Best Cake in the World
An ultra‑moist cake with fresh cream, chocolate chips and vanilla, made with a bread dough enriched with butter and sugar. Inspired by a suggestion from ChatGPT, this cake is easy to prepare, rich in flavor and perfect for pastry lovers seeking the ultimate cake.
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.
Little Stained-Glass Christmas Cookies
Shortbread cookies decorated with colored hard candy powder, perfect for snacking or hanging on the tree branches. A sweet almond‑powder dough flavored with cinnamon and four‑spice, cut into festive shapes and filled with a core of glazed candies.
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.