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The Napoleon

The Napoleon

A fancy summer gâteau

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Lesley Chesterman
Jun 26, 2023
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This is the part II following my last post about my summer job at Au Duc de Lorraine. Enjoy!

The pretty pretty Napoleon with strawberries.

Of the cakes sold at the pâtisserie Au Duc de Lorraine when I worked thee in 1988, there was one I loved most: the Napoleon. Not the classic mille-feuilles we usually think of with the wavy icing that emulates the sha…

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