Making “Feuilletine Buche”

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Approaching Christmas we thought that the latest class at Le Petit Paris would be perfect, being their Feuilletine Buche (similar to a chocolate log cake), and today for the first time Margaret joined me. This class was more of a “watching” one, with very little for us to actually do, so a bit less fun than many. On the other hand we came home with two chocolate log cakes ready for Christmas!

The cake has a chocolate mousse center (frozen during making so it’s easier to handle) with almond sponge base with a crunchy “Feuilletine” filling, all coated in a shiny chocolate glaze. Here are photos during the making …

Christmas at home 2025

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Margaret has decorated a Christmas tree as she always does – and the cats (mostly Flora) like to sleep under it; here’s a few photos, including close-ups of some of my favorite baubles:

Outside, we have less each year (things break and we haven’t bought much for a while) …

St Augustine Night Of Lights

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We recently spent a few nights in St Augustine, to see their “Night Of Lights” displays. We arrived near evening and took a walk over the Bridge Of Lions into the town center – and got a good look at many lights displays!

Next morning after a good breakfast we toured St Augustine Distillery (I bought some BBQ sauce!):

We then visited the fort Castillo de San Marcos, with its few hundred years of history (and a nice place to enjoy the sunshine!):

In the evening we took a golf cart tour of the lights, reaching places we’d not walked to the night before; it was COLD but happily we were given blankets to keep us warm!