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    Sweet Sauces, Toppings and Cream Fillings

    Sweet Sauces, dessert Toppings and Cream Fillings are often forgotten, but they can make such a huge difference in the final taste of your desserts!

    Add some Raspberry Coulis or Mango Coulis over your cakes, desserts and cheesecakes: delicious! Use leftover or ripe fruits to make delicious toppings like a Berry Compote and Stewed Rhubarb: perfect breakfast topping!

    Learn how to make classic French Cream such as Crème Pâtissière, Almond Cream Filling, Chocolate Crémeux or Diplomat Cream.

    • Swirls of creme legere piped inside a small glass cup.
      Crème Légère (Light Pastry Cream)
    • Chocolate whipped cream piped into a high swirl inside a glass dessert cup.
      Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting
    • Silver spoon dipped in a small glass jar filled with hazelnut butter.
      How to make Hazelnut Butter
    • Close up on the cream piped in a swirl inside a glass dessert cup.
      Stabilised Mascarpone Whipped Cream
    • Swirls of praline mousseline cream piped inside a yogurt glass jar.
      Praline Mousseline Cream
    • Pistachio cream dripping from a small spoon inside a glass bowl.
      Pistachio Pastry Cream
    • Close up on the cream piped inside a glass cup.
      Mousseline Cream (Crème Mousseline)
    • Picking up some compote from a glass bowl with a spoon, seen from above.
      Cherry Compote
    • Paste placed in a small glass cup over a small white plate.
      Pistachio Paste
    • Compote in a small white bowl with a sliver spoon - seen from above
      Easy Peach Compote
    • Close up on the hazelnut praline paste dripping from a spoon inside a glass bowl.
      Hazelnut Praline Paste
    • Cream piped inside a glass cup over a small white plate with a striped tea towel in the background.
      Crème Chantilly (Chantilly Cream)
    • Glass full of berry coulis over a marble coaster with a silver spoon dipped in.
      Mixed Berry Coulis
    • Picking up some raspberry curd from a jar with a spoon seen from above.
      Easy Raspberry Curd
    • Curd in a preserve jar surrounded by apples and apple slices.
      Easy Apple Curd
    • Curd seen from above inside a glass jar surrounded by two mangoes.
      Easy Mango Curd
    • Creme anglaise in a small white jug soon from above with a spoon dipped in.
      Crème Anglaise (Vanilla Custard Sauce)
    • A quenelle of namelaka seen from above.
      Namelaka
    • Cream piped in a glass cup surrounded by vanilla bean, eggs and milk.
      Bavarian Cream (Crème Bavaroise)
    • Frosting piped on a cupcake placed in a small white plate.
      Cookie Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
    • Close up on a scoop of cream in a spoon.
      Chocolate Crémeux (Crémeux au Chocolat)
    • Picking up some passion fruit curd from a jar with a spoon.
      Passion Fruit Curd
    • Dipping a spoon in the bowl of coulis.
      Easy Passion Fruit Coulis
    • Spoon sticking out of the raspberry compote jar.
      Easy Raspberry Compote (3 Ingredients)
    • Strawberry compote in a small white bowl over a white plate.
      Easy Strawberry Compote
    • Diplomat Cream in a glass bowl surrounded by ingredients.
      Diplomat Cream (Crème Diplomate)
    • Close up on the pear sauce in a glass jar.
      Easy Pear Compote
    • Orange Curd in a glass jar with drips.
      Orange Curd
    • A slice of cake drizzled with the blueberry sauce.
      Easy Blueberry Coulis (3 Ingredients Recipe)
    • Whipped ganache piped inside a tall glass.
      Whipped Ganache Frosting
    • Lemon Curd in a glass jar over a small wooden plate.
      Tangy Lemon Curd
    • Blueberry Compote in a glass bowl over a pink plate.
      Easy Blueberry Compote
    • Almond Cream in a small Glass Bowl over a pink plate
      Almond Cream Filling
    • Close up on a glass jar with the coulis and a silver spoon
      Easy Mango Coulis (3 Ingredients)
    • Stewed Rhubarb in a glass bowl over a wooden plate
      Stewed Rhubarb (3 Ingredients Recipe)
    • Chocolate cream piped inside a serving cup with a tea towel a spoon in the background.
      Chocolate Pastry Cream (Crème Pâtissière)
    • Strawberry Coulis in a Glass Jar surrounded by fresh strawberries
      Easy Strawberry Coulis
    • Close up on the pastry cream piped in a glass cup.
      How to make Crème Pâtissière (Pastry Cream)
    • Photo Collage of four pancake toppings.
      30 Delicious Sweet Pancake Toppings Ideas
    • White bowl filled with berry compote on top of a pink plate.
      Easy Mixed Berry Compote

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    I'm Sylvie! Originally from the French-speaking part of Belgium, I have been living in Melbourne, Australia since 2014. I am passionate about French Pastry and teaching curious home bakers new skills through clear, detailed and easy to follow recipes!

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