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Duchess Bake Shop Cookbook
Since opening its doors in October 2009, Duchess Bake Shop has been Edmonton's beloved bakery. It captivated the city with its delectable macarons, galettes and éclairs, made from the world's finest ingredients, and bounteously arranged on antique silver trays. Now, its owners-Giselle Courteau, Garner Beggs and Jacob Pelletier- have published the bakery's debut cookbook. Duchess Bake Shop is a triumphant collection of 80 recipes for the bakery's most-loved pastries that anyone can make at home. Like the bakery itself, the book is a feast for the eyes. Duchess Bake Shop offers 288 pages of recipes with exquisite, step-by-step photography and clear, detailed instructions for everything from the bakery's renowned tea-time treats and legendary tarts, to more complicated French buttery brioche, delightful macarons, showy mille-feuilles, and the glorious St. Honoré cake. Duchess Bake Shop includes invaluable tips about equipment, ingredients, and techniques such as how to properly temper chocolate and make the best salted caramel. Family recipes have also made it into the bakery's menu-and into this book-such as the Courteau family Tourtiere (French-canadian meat pie) and Aunt Debbie's Lavender Lemonade. This is a delicious collection of timeless recipes that are a pleasure to make and a joy to eat. Bon Appetit!
288 pages, Hardcover
Published May 13, 2015
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Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 reviews
January 31, 2019
This cookbook is one of the best I've worked from lately. The croissants, brioche, macaron, florentine, and duke cake are incredibly delicious. The step by step directions are easy to follow and I especially love how they have made a supply shop as well to get some of the specialized ingredients in their recipes.
September 3, 2019
This is a really good baking cookbook for somewhat seasoned bakers. The pie dough is a revelation and now my go-to, the rhubarb galettes have been a hit, the chocolate rosemary cookies....all so good. I'm not sure at what point I'll tackle the labour-intensive cakes and pastries, but I will be setting aside a Saturday this weekend to try the macaron recipe. I like this book enough that I pre-ordered her next book "Duchess at Home".
November 26, 2017
I wish I could try every recipe in the book
April 21, 2021
I ordered this book for my daughter and it just arrived today. It was a surprise for her for working so hard in her math course plus she wants to study pastry arts. This is a gorgeous book and we can't want to try some recipes!!!
December 7, 2017
4.5 stars. I love a beautiful cookbook, especially a baking book. This one is attractive, sturdy and has lovely photos.
But what about the recipes? Pretty fancy, but doable for a home baker with some experience. I will try many of the recipes, and am especially pleased to see a pie pastry recipe that is made in a stand mixer. I expect that I'll use that one a lot and will likely make many of the pies in the book. I've been wanting to make a tourtiere, and so Courteau Family Tourtiere is among the first ones I'll tackle.
Some of the recipes contain ingredients not easy to get outside of larger centers with specialty bakery stores, like marzipan. And the yeast-based recipes use fresh yeast rather than the easily accessible dried kinds. But I like that the recipes use standard all-purpose flour, which is available everywhere, rather than an arrange of harder to find specialty flours.
Overall, I find this book well organized, with good instructions and tempting recipes. And if I ever find myself in Edmonton again, I will certainly visit Duchess Bake Shop.
But what about the recipes? Pretty fancy, but doable for a home baker with some experience. I will try many of the recipes, and am especially pleased to see a pie pastry recipe that is made in a stand mixer. I expect that I'll use that one a lot and will likely make many of the pies in the book. I've been wanting to make a tourtiere, and so Courteau Family Tourtiere is among the first ones I'll tackle.
Some of the recipes contain ingredients not easy to get outside of larger centers with specialty bakery stores, like marzipan. And the yeast-based recipes use fresh yeast rather than the easily accessible dried kinds. But I like that the recipes use standard all-purpose flour, which is available everywhere, rather than an arrange of harder to find specialty flours.
Overall, I find this book well organized, with good instructions and tempting recipes. And if I ever find myself in Edmonton again, I will certainly visit Duchess Bake Shop.
February 20, 2018
Beautiful cookbook with clear instructions and photographs if you have a bit of baking experience. We baked a half dozen things from this already and they are all delicious. Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and shortbread are amazing and my ten year old tackled the macrons with only a bit of help from my husband and had great success.
November 24, 2022
This might be the best cookbook for pasties! The recipes are amazing, the instructions are very specific and the more complex recipes have photo references. The Raspberry white chocolate Scones is a must try!
April 7, 2019
Beautiful big pictures with the recipe on the facing page -- the way all recipe books should be done! I have bookmarked and look forward to trying some of the recipes.
December 22, 2021
More of an aspirational cookbook that a practical one.
March 14, 2023
some great classics and flavor combinations. although only a few of the recipes made me want to head into the kitchen .
November 6, 2021
Lovely photos and clear instructions. The chocolate rosemary cookies are fantastic. I have also used the pie crust several times, including for the tourtière (a nice, subtle blend of spices that complement but don’t overpower the dish) and apple pie (a bit too sweet for my tastes, but delicious). The oatmeal chocolate chip cookies - also very good. Everything has been great so far, and I look forward to trying more recipes.
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