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    Providence: seeking birthday cake

    Now that I read some of these I am in total aggrement on Pistache. The best of the best. I have seen Wrights Farm nice place but whipped cream and whipped cream Nothing beats good French buttercream it only takes a small piece to...

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    Heaven Sent Bakery in San Diego

    Golden Sunset Butter Cake – yellow butter cake with rapsberry marmalade and apricot French-style buttercream Spiced Chai Truffle Cake Almond Gran Marier Truffle Cake Almond Poppyseed Pound Cake with Grapefruit Curd Hawaiian...

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    Frosting with liquid malt syrup? Is it possible?

    I’ve had good success replacing sugar syrup in a classic French buttercream with other invert sugars like honey and maple syrup, so I would guess the malt syrup would work.

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    Sponge Cake - ingredient substitution query.

    strip for testing my filling and frosting, and rolled up the rest of and will freeze it today. This morning I made the imbibing syrup with Fra Angelico, and the French Buttercream, using Fra Angelico as the flavouring. I cut up my...

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    Korean "New York Bakery" -- unexpected treat

    and pointing cross language barriers. Everyone was friendly and helpful. The bakery has a terrific selection of Korean cakes and pastries, plus many that seem to have a French influence (bean as well as buttercream fillings). We...

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    Lunch and Pastry @ Chris' in Monterey

    meatball sandwich and a homemade pulled pork sandwich as well as cold cuts of various varieties. He also has a daily soup which I haven’t tried. We really liked both the meatball and pork sandwich served on a French roll....

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    [PDX] Bakery Bar?

    good, the custard creamy and tangy, but not crack-your-teeth lemony. Nice crusts, too. The cupcakes are decent. Some of the cakes are a little dry and flavorless. They use a French buttercream icing that’s ultra-rich. Too...

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    Authentic macarons?

    I’m not familiar with the places you mention, but I’m familiar with French macaroons. They’re two thin, almond-paste macaroons (NO coconut) sandwiched around a thin layer of buttercream. And they are heavenly....

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    icing for icing lovers

    My all time favourite is a classic french buttercream, where you whip egg whites, add a boiling water/sugar syrup whip and until cooled (you have to do this in a stand mixer with the whipping attachment) and once cooled add a...

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    Macarune - red velvet, caramel fleur de sel, hibiscus macaroons?

    and sesme macaroon 'innards' http://www.flickr.com/photos/8813191@N05/1558258726/in/photostream/ Interesting reading the KQED blog that the baker says there are two methods for making macaroons - "... French style, meaning that the...

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    cupcakes/cake slice in pittsburgh

    You might like Jean-Marc Chatellier’s bakery in Millvale. It is a French bakery, and the buttercream is excellent there. Also, Prantl’s in Shadyside might fit the bill. You should try their Burnt Almont Tort, it does...

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    nashville

    can i please get a few recommendations for tasty places to eat in nashville, lunch and dinner. i will be there this week for three days with a few friends. french bistros? bbq? anything creative and independently owned. will...

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    HACC Bakery & Butcher Shop in Harrisburg

    . I’m astounded by the freshness and taste of the bakery items, in particular their fresh fruit tarts, tangy lemon bars, and gorgeous cupcakes. Amazingly, the cupcakes weren’t covered in heavy buttercream but instead...

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    What's the best cake for a bridal shower?

    Return as much as you can except a disposable bag and a large round tip. Ditch the awful fondant...it tastes like glue and cardboard mixed together. Make a showstopping cupcake tower with a decadant buttercream or french...

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    Cream Puff from In-Joy Bakery, SF

    , but did try the vanilla cream. It was nice, not great, but good value for honest french style pastry for little money. Cream puffs and eclairs - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniewong/3212294132/ What else is good here?

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