I go to a few food markets in Vancouver and I always have such good luck bumping into Catherine of French Made Baking. Catherine and David own French Made Baking and they can be found all over town selling their delicious treats.
Their most popular items are the Macarons and Le Caneles. Those are the items I usually purchase.
Le Caneles ($2.50 each or 5 for $10) is a small French Pastry. It is flavored with run and vanilla and baked in a mould.
I’ve never had anything like it! I’ve been to France, but I didn’t discover this till now. It’s just so good! It’s a bit custard-like in the middle with a nice golden exterior.
It goes very well with coffee and tea! Eating it just really makes me smile because it’s SO GOOD!
The Macarons ($2 each or 6 for $10) are 2 almond meringue sandwiching a ganache filling. What I love about their Macarons are that they taste good and don’t have too much food coloring
Le Breton filling has Salted Butter Caramel, Fleur de sel, sugar, butter, cream, and toffee bits.
Le Yuzu filling has yuzu juice, cream, and dark chocolate.
Le Passion filling has cream, milk chocolate, and passion fruit.
Le Framboise filling has white chocolate and raspberry jam. It’s also dairy free.
This is their Totoro Macaron that made everyone go crazy. I actually didn’t know they sold this especially for the Nikkei Center Craft and Bake Fair. Sadly it doesn’t taste like a Totoro…not that anyone would know how he tastes like.
It is made with their L’Anglais filling which is made of milk chocolate, cream and earl grey tea.
So cute, who could resist?
Soon they will be opening up a store soon on 81 Kingsway near Broadway and Main ! I’m just waiting for the day it opens!
Overall, pretty delicious macarons and Caneles.
Words of Wisdom:
- Found at local bakers market or farmers market (Check their website for where they will be)
- Must get the macarons and caneles!!
- Store coming soon.
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http://frenchmadebaking.com/
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@FrMadeBaking
3 Comments
Nice Totoro idea. He looks like he should be taro-flavoured, though. 🙂
When you say that the caneles had a “nice golden exterior”, was this mahogany exterior like a crispy, burnt-sugar/caramelized shell?
it wasn’t crispy, but it did have a tougher exterior