This relatively simple custard filled cake has a dedicated following within Basque communities. There is a Gâteau Basque Museum committed to demonstrating the technique of baking and a two-day Fête du ...

In Cara Black's soon to be released Paris-based noir mystery novel, Murder in Passy, (Soho Press), a computer-savvy French-American private investigator named Aimee Leduc gets an ill-tempered elderly ...

Gateau Basque is kind of like a tart, or a pie, or a cookie -- and the filled cake is one of the more unusual desserts in cookbook author Dorie Greenspan's repertoire. "It's a dry cake, but delicious, ...

1. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt and keep at hand. 2. Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter and both sugars together ...

This simple, sexy dessert is inspired by Toronto's Bar Isabel and the luscious cake they serve by the same name. Some authentic Basque cakes have a layer of cherry jam in between two layers of cake, ...

The burnt Basque cheesecake has become ubiquitous in Australia, but another cake from the region has a much longer history, and is just as good. — From Normandy to the Spanish border, follow Guillaume ...

This time last year, I began a trip through the French countryside that would last all summer. It was no longer spring, but it wasn’t quite summer either. It was that bonus in-between season called ...

A quaint bakery still uses old methods to make the region's beloved shortbread cake. In France's Basque country, a quaint bakery still uses old methods to make the region's beloved shortbread cake.

1 teaspoon pastis, such as Ricard or Pernod, or an anise-flavored liqueur Pinch of kosher salt To make the dough, in the work bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the ...