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Latest Recipes
Pear Bread Recipe with Raisins and Blue Cheese
Packed with hazelnuts, raisins, cinnamon, and blue cheese, this pear bread recipe offers a fun twist on a loaf of traditional cinnamon raisin bread. What Inspired This Pear Bread Recipe? What inspired me to create …
Celebrating Christmas with a Gingerbread Pub!
I made a gingerbread pub to celebrate the holiday season! I modeled my design on the many pretty pubs found around London. This is the first time I’ve attempted something this complex. It most definitely …
Pastry School Diary – Intermediate Pâtisserie, Weeks 8 – 11
In weeks 8-11, we focused on the celebration cake workshop, more plated desserts, chocolate tempering, and savory canapés. Week Eight: Plated Desserts and Chocolate Week eight kicked off with our final lesson on plated desserts. …
Pastry School Diary: Intermediate Pâtisserie, Weeks 5 – 7
Weeks five through seven: Two kinds of entremet, gumpaste flowers, and plated desserts! I haven’t had much time for blogging lately, so it’s time to play catch-up! Here are a few of the things we’ve …
Pastry School Diary – Intermediate Pâtisserie, Week 4
This week, we had demos and practicals for the first two of our four exam dishes: the opéra cake and the fraisier cake. It’s hard to believe that we’ve already arrived at week four and …
Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.