Frangipane king cake

Frangipane king cake

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
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1 hour 20 minutes
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A traditional king's cake with a meltingly-soft puff pastry, a creamy frangipane cream, all made to perfection
Frangipane king cake
Total completion time
Completion time
1 hour 20 minutes
Cooking time
40 minutes
Rest period
6h30
Techniques taught
  • Making a frangipane-flavored cream
  • Decorating a king cake
  • Baking a king cake
  • Flavoring a cream
  • Making an almond-flavored cream
  • Piping without using a tip
  • Preparing a neutral syrup
  • Preparing a manie butter
  • Preparing a base dough
  • Giving a double fold
  • Cutting out a puff pastry dough
  • Roll out a puff pastry
  • Shaping a dough piece before the tourage phase
  • Preparing the tourage butter
  • Scoring a product before baking/cooking it
  • Egg washing a dough with a brush
  • Preparing a shiny egg wash
  • Assembling a viennoiserie
  • Diluting a cream
  • Making a custard
  • Decorating with confectioner's sugar
  • Dough frassage by hand
  • Pasteurizing a mixture
  • Making an insert
  • Piping with a tip

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Step 1: Butter for inverted puff pastry

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant
Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant

Step 2: Tempering for reverse puff pastry

Step 3: Layering: 3 double folds

Step 4: Rolling out and trimming the puff pastry

Step 5: Custard cream

Step 6: Frangipane cream

Step 7: Frangipane cream insert

Step 8: Finishing syrup

Step 9: Cream egg wash

Step 10: Assembling the galette

Step 11: Shelving and baking the galette

Step 12: Finishing and decorating the galette

Cyril Van Der StuyftCyril Van Der Stuyft

Cyril Van Der Stuyft

Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant
Cyrille Van Der Stuyft, head baker and winner of the Best Craftsman of France (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) competition in 2015, began his career in the family bakery in Chartres. After winning several prestigious competitions, he went on to earn his professional and master's degrees at the INBP in Rouen. He started off as an instrucor, teaching at the CFA in Chartres, then he became a demonstrator technician for Minoteries Guiard, before winning the M.O.F. title at just 27 years of age. His varied career path has led him to work as a training consultant, helping to develop bakeries around the world. Cyrille excels in the creation of viennoiseries, demonstrating exceptional precision and aesthetics. His book "Viennoiseries leçons en pas à pas" is a reference in the field. On VoilaChef, he shares his expertise by teaching how to make his favorite viennoiseries.

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