Chocolate dacquoise

A heavenly, sweet, nutty meringue, so delicious, only the French pastry chefs could have created it. The filling is a velvety coffee pastry cream and chocolate ganache. It is one of the most delicious desserts on my blog.

Happy 2021 everyone! This dessert, which has been on my to-do list for years , was my last big project of 2020. I started preparing it a fe...

Silky meringue is gently mixed with ground nuts and cocoa to create crisp layers. When filled with rich buttercream and swirls of whipped cream, the resulting blend of textures and flavors is sublime.

This culinary school project is worthy of a redo! Learn how to make a decadent classic French dessert with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue, espresso buttercream and chocolate ganache.

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This multilayered showpiece of meringue and buttercream coated in ganache might just be the best dessert you’ll ever make—plus you can prepare it the day before. We made this elaborate and impressive-looking dessert more approachable by reworking the meringue and buttercream, making them simpler and more foolproof. We swapped the traditional individually piped layers of meringue for a single sheet that was trimmed into layers after baking, and we shortened the usual 4-plus hours of oven time…

I bet you're wondering what a hazelnut dacquoise really is? Well here I explain what these delicious nutty cakes are and how to make them.

Marjolaine is a classic french pastry made with dacquoise (nut meringue) layers with chocolate ganache, chocolate cream and hazelnut buttercream.

Happy 2021 everyone! This dessert, which has been on my to-do list for years , was my last big project of 2020. I started preparing it a fe...

A delicate cake made of two dacquoise sandwiched together with hazelnut praline ganache. These Chocolate & Praline Dacquoise are light and fluffy.