TWD BCM Rewind: Tarte Tropézienne

May 30, 2017 at 4:52 pm | Posted in BCM, cakes & tortes, groups, layer cakes, pudding/mousse, sweet things, sweet yeast breads, tuesdays with dorie | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, bread, cake

A year ago, the group made Dorie’s Tarte Tropézienne, a pastry cream-filled, sugar-sprinkled brioche cake. I did not. That’s why rewind week comes in handy. I’d never had a Trop before…now I know what I’ve been missing. I really like pastry cream. And brioche.

Trops come in various sizes. I chose to make individual ones rather than slice up a large one. Mine came out looking a little more like burger buns than like the flatter cakes they should be…I clearly didn’t press the dough out enough. No matter, they were still delicious. I served them with chopped strawberries alongside, but next time I may put the berries inside instead.

For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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This dessert was a lovely surprise. We all liked this one.

Comment by Diane Zwang— May 30, 2017 #

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I love your trop. We all loved it. Mine did not look this great though, but still very good.

Comment by Margrèt Jóhanna— May 31, 2017 #

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One of my favorite – admittedly, very decadent! – treats. So great with fresh berries too!

Comment by saffronandhoney— June 11, 2017 #

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They are yum…i have only ever had them in France 🙂

Comment by Brooke— June 27, 2017 #

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