Bostock or brioche aux amandes is a French pastry — ‘French toast’ — that utilizes day-old brioche topped with frangipane or sweet almond pastry cream. You can use almond meal or almond flour. Almond meal is typically made from ground, raw (unpeeled) almonds, whereas almond flour is made from blanched (peeled) almonds. Thus, almond flour tends … Continue Reading

Some days (especially blah Mondays) you just need cake.  Not any old cake, but dark, rich, gooey, chocolaty pudding cake.  Need I say more…well, maybe just a few words to fill you in on all the scrumptious details.     Preparing this recipe is quick and easy, and requires only a few ingredients.  It is … Continue Reading