If you are at all interested in France and French pastries then you either love or must try Canneles (my second favorite dessert). These are a specialty of the Bordeaux region of southern France. I describe them as moist, custardy-bread cakes that taste like creme brulee (my favorite dessert). In fact, people often call them 'portable creme brulee.' They are usually a rich, shiney brown color on the outside, and a light custardy yellow on the inside. They are akin to flan in flavor, but are definitely more cakey. Moist and so exquisite! You can buy them all over France, but the best are found in and around Bordeaux. I first tried them at the best bakery in Cadillac (see contact info below), a small town in the Gironde where my best friend moved to raise her family with her French husband. I loved these things so much that I brought a huge box of them back to the US to offer as travel gifts to friends.

If you are ever going anywhere near Cadillac, you must stop in for the canneles. Boulangerie Patisserie Cadillac also has fantastic bread and cookies, and is conveniently located on the town square where you can people watch while you munch.


BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CADILLAC
Place de la République
33410 CADILLAC
FRANCE

Tel: 011 33 08 36 29 00 73

For a recipe with pictures of each baking step as well as the final product:
gloubiblog.canalblog.com/archi...8.html

Another good one is at:
www.101cookbooks.com/archive...149.html