The macaron is a French sweet delicacy which I discovered after having moved to Cannes in 2005. Walking past the Lenôtre café on the rue d’Antibes, I saw the beautiful, brightly coloured little round pastries and there my obsession with macarons began. I bought 4 there and then as part of my gastronomic voyage of discovery [...]
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French macarons: alternative wedding cakes and wedding favours
Posted in Cakes, Favours, Preferred Wedding Suppliers, tagged wedding cake, wedding catering, wedding favour on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cupcake companies on the French Riviera
Posted in Cakes, Preferred Wedding Suppliers, tagged wedding cake, wedding catering, wedding supplier, wedding vendor on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I first started hearing about cupcakes in a big way through a friend in London who was raving about a new bakery and tea shop in London’s South Kensington; the now famous Hummingbird Bakery. Cup Cakes are increasingly ‘en vogue’ and are replacing more and more the traditional wedding cake. Cupcakes, otherwise known as ‘fairy cakes’ in [...]

