Yesterday the Mr. turned 27. We celebrated by cooking an American dinner - pulled pork po-boys, baked beans (sort of) and french fries. Since Gambinos (New Orleans bakery) does not ship chocolate Doberge cakes overseas, I had to come up with an alternative for the birthday cake (the Mr. LOVES Doberge cake - see wedding photo of us cutting the Doberge groomsmen cake). At first, I thought surely I could find a Doberge cake in Paris. However, after a little googling, I realized that is strictly a New Orleans cake. It's not made anywhere else. The recipe was based on the Hungarian/Austrian Dobos cake, but I couldn't seem to find any of those in Paris either.
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| There are some things that you can't get in Paris |
SO, sticking with the American birthday theme, I searched the city for the Mr.'s next dessert of choice- cupcakes. However, I came out empty handed in this endeavor as well (
everything is closed on Mondays here). Then I made an attempt at finding an ice-cream cake.... yeah right. After roaming around the city in the pouring rain, I decided an American birthday cake was just not in the cards. On to patisseries (not too tough of a defeat, I must admit).
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| The patisserie did have one or two options ..... |
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| Great patisserie in Victor Hugo circle in the 16th |
As delicious as every single one of those cakes looked, I had to keep in mind that the Mr. generally does not like French pastries (I pray that I will develop this gene one day too.... I, unfortunately, LOVE pastries, French, American, Portugese, I don't really discriminate). But, please don't panic, I was able to find something I thought he could choke down.
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| Parfait! Tirimisu. Happy birthday! |
You may be thinking, why an American birthday when you live in France once in your life? But don't worry, we are just saving the French fare for a real chef and plan to celebrate again at a date TBD...
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