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Taking the Cake! (Confectionately Yours, #2)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,956 ratings — published 2012
SUQAR: Desserts & Sweets from the Modern Middle East (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 46 ratings — published
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 5,714 ratings — published 2004
A Nutcracker Nightmare (Killer Chocolate #2)
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avg rating 3.73 — 633 ratings — published 2023
Death by the Dozen (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #3)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,155 ratings — published 2011
Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #2)
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avg rating 3.93 — 7,722 ratings — published 2011
Sprinkle with Murder (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.86 — 11,958 ratings — published 2010
The Golden Spoon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.47 — 55,412 ratings — published 2023
Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop, #2)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,963 ratings — published 2021
To Have and to Kill (Wedding Cake Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.66 — 3,949 ratings — published
Murder 101 (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #1.5)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,203 ratings — published 2021
A Christmas Candy Killing (Killer Chocolate, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 1,816 ratings — published 2022
Assaulted Caramel (Amish Candy Shop Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,159 ratings — published 2017
Asking for Truffle (Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery #1)
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avg rating 3.72 — 727 ratings — published 2017
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,612 ratings — published 2021
Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates (A Chocolate Covered Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.73 — 939 ratings — published 2014
“SOME PASTRY TERMS
Chef de pâtissier: pastry chef
Gâteau: rich, elaborate sponge cake that can be molded into shapes, typically containing layers of crème, fruit, or nuts
Pâtisserie(s): pastry/pastries
Brioche(s): a soft, rich bread with a high egg and butter content
Pain aux raisins: a flaky pastry filled with raisins and custard
Chaussons aux pommes: French apple turnovers
Pâte à choux: a light, buttery puff pastry dough
Éclair: oblong desserts made of choux pastry filled with cream and topped with icing (often chocolate)
Tarte au citron: lemon tart
Macaron: a meringue-based confectionary sandwich filled with various flavored ganache, creams, or jams
Croquembouche: a cone-shaped tower of confection created out of caramel-dipped, cream-filled pastry puffs and swathed in spun sugar threads, often served at French weddings or on special occasions
Saint-Honoré: a dessert named for the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs
Pâte feuilletée: a light, flaky puff pastry
Vanilla crème pâtissière: vanilla pastry cream
Hazelnut crème chiboust: a pastry cream lightened with Italian meringue
Paris-brest: a wheel-shaped dessert made of pâte à choux and filled with praline cream. Created in 1910 by chef Louis Durand to commemorate the Paris-Brest, a bicycle race.”
― Make It Sweet
Chef de pâtissier: pastry chef
Gâteau: rich, elaborate sponge cake that can be molded into shapes, typically containing layers of crème, fruit, or nuts
Pâtisserie(s): pastry/pastries
Brioche(s): a soft, rich bread with a high egg and butter content
Pain aux raisins: a flaky pastry filled with raisins and custard
Chaussons aux pommes: French apple turnovers
Pâte à choux: a light, buttery puff pastry dough
Éclair: oblong desserts made of choux pastry filled with cream and topped with icing (often chocolate)
Tarte au citron: lemon tart
Macaron: a meringue-based confectionary sandwich filled with various flavored ganache, creams, or jams
Croquembouche: a cone-shaped tower of confection created out of caramel-dipped, cream-filled pastry puffs and swathed in spun sugar threads, often served at French weddings or on special occasions
Saint-Honoré: a dessert named for the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs
Pâte feuilletée: a light, flaky puff pastry
Vanilla crème pâtissière: vanilla pastry cream
Hazelnut crème chiboust: a pastry cream lightened with Italian meringue
Paris-brest: a wheel-shaped dessert made of pâte à choux and filled with praline cream. Created in 1910 by chef Louis Durand to commemorate the Paris-Brest, a bicycle race.”
― Make It Sweet
“The four-tiered cake with brilliant Italian meringue buttercream frosting offset with champagne-dusted icing pearls and freshly cut Stargazer lilies from the florist would be the centerpiece of centerpieces.”
― Southern Sass and a Battered Bride
― Southern Sass and a Battered Bride