Creme Diplomate and Creme Madame

Creme Diplomate and Creme Madame are both Patisserie Creme based on the basic Creme Pat but with whipped cream added to create a light and fluffy mixture.  They are basically the same thing but with one time difference: Creme Diplomate has gelatine added to it to give it extra stability and firmness. Creme Madame has no gelatine added…

Trdlnik – a delicious Czech tonguetwister

  Hooray! We are on “us travels” as the beloved likes to say when he is trying to return to his northern roots. The house and garden have been submitted to the tender loving care of my little brother and his family for their holidays (I suspect my adorable nieces will be heartily sick of…