Frangipane king cake

Frangipane king cake

Cyrille Van Der Stuyft
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1h20
12
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A traditional king's cake with a meltingly-soft puff pastry, a soft frangipane cream, all made to perfection
Frangipane king cake
Completion time
Preparation
1h20
Cooking
0h40
Resting
6h30
Techniques taught
  • Cooking a crab in a court-bouillon
  • Decorating with confectioner's sugar
  • Egg washing a dough with a brush
  • Thinning a cream
  • Dough frassage by hand
  • Shaping butter prior to the layering process
  • Shape a dough prior to the layering process
  • Pasteurizing a mixture
  • Piping with a tip
  • Scoring a product before baking/cooking it
  • Assembling a Viennese pastry
  • Making an insert
  • Making a neutral syrup
  • Giving a double fold
  • Making a pastry cream
  • Preparing a shiny egg wash
  • Preparing a base dough
  • Cutting puff pastry
  • Piping without using a tip
  • Making almond cream
  • Rolling out puff pastry
  • Making marzipan-flavored cream
  • Flavoring a cream
  • Decorating a King cake
  • Baking a King cake

Discover the first step of this course for free

Étape 1 : Manie butter for the inverted puff pastry

Cyrille Van Der Stuyft
Cyrille Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery l World-class educator
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery l World-class educator

Étape 2 : Base dough for the inverted puff pastry

Étape 3 : Layering: 3 double folds

Étape 4 : Rolling out & cutting the puff pastry

Étape 5 : Pastry cream

Étape 6 : Frangipane-flavored cream

Étape 7 : Frangipane-flavored cream insert

Étape 8 : Finishing syrup

Étape 9 : Egg glaze with cream

Étape 10 : Assembling the king cake

Étape 11 : Scoring & baking the king cake

Étape 12 : Decorating & plating the king cake

Cyrille Van Der StuyftCyrille Van Der Stuyft

Cyrille Van Der Stuyft

Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery l World-class educator

Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a chef baker from Chartres. He was awarded the prestigious title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) in 2015, at the age of 27.

Cyrille Van der Stuyft began his apprenticeship right in the family bakery.
He won his first competition at the age of 19 and was sacred one of the "Best Young Bakers in France".
Cyrille went on to earn his professional and advanced vocational degree at the Institut National de la Boulangerie Pâtisserie (INBP), a reference institution in Rouen.

After graduation, the Chef became an educator, as teaching was a field that had always motivated him. He became a bakery teacher at the CFA in Chartres, then a demonstrator at Minoteries Guiard.

In 2015, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft was awarded the title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and became one of the youngest MOF bakers.

Cyrille's career path is comprehensive: bakery worker, company manager, teacher, and mill demonstrator technician.
Today, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a consultant/educator in France and abroad.
The Chef is also involved in the development of bakeries located in London, New York and Shanghai.

He loves to work the dough by hand, he excels in the art of pastry, whether he is making brioches or puff pastries. His creations are remarkable for their precision and aestheticism.

In 2022, the Chef wrote his first book, "Viennoiseries leçons en pas à pas", published by Editions du Chêne, a true reference book on the subject.

Back on VoilaChef, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft teaches you how to make 3 of his favorite pastries: Belgian waffles, his version of the "Lil ‘snack", and a frangipane-flavored king cake.

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