canelé mold produces perfect cannéles bordelais

Canelés Recipe (Cannelés Bordelais)

Like I explained in a previous post, I had the opportunity to visit the Bordeaux region during my last trip to France. My best friend’s mother-in-law lives in that area, so we decided to take a weekend trip to visit her. On the way to her house, I asked my friend to stop at a patisserie so that I could pick up something as a gift for the hostess. Instead, my friend encouraged me to stop at this tiny shop that sold some of the best canelés (a Bordeaux specialty) she had ever eaten. I had of course heard of canelés having been to France before, but I had never come across them in Paris. It turns out that canelés were even better than I imagined them to be; they were just as addictive as my friend described them to be!

Easy Tiramisu Recipe on a plate

Easy Tiramisu Recipe

When I usually see tiramisu on the dessert menu, I choose to pass and order something else. My experience with restaurant tiramisu tends to be a wet, soggy cake rather than the glorified coffee-flavored dessert it’s been regarded as. It wasn’t until I stopped by a patisserie in Paris, ironically, that I enjoyed a brilliant rendition of the Italian dessert. It renewed my faith in the dessert and everything it could be.