A traditional king's cake with a meltingly-soft puff pastry, a soft frangipane cream, all made to perfection
Total completion time
Completion time
1 hour 20 minutes
Cooking time
40 minutes
Rest period
6h30
Techniques taught
Preparing a shiny egg wash
Preparing a base dough
Making marzipan-flavored cream
Making a pastry cream
Making almond cream
Giving a double fold
Making a neutral syrup
Making an insert
Assembling a Viennese pastry
Scoring a product before baking/cooking it
Piping without using a tip
Pasteurizing a mixture
Piping with a tip
Shape a dough prior to the layering process
Shaping butter prior to the layering process
Dough frassage by hand
Egg washing a dough with a brush
Thinning a cream
Cutting puff pastry
Decorating a King cake
Decorating with confectioner's sugar
Baking a King cake
Cooking a crab in a court-bouillon
Flavoring a cream
Rolling out puff pastry
Check out the first segment of this course for free
Étape 1 : Manie butter for the inverted puff pastry
Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator
Étape 2 : Base dough-for the inverted puff pastry
Étape 3 : Layering: 3 double folds
Étape 4 : Rolling out & cutting the puff pastry
Step 5: Custard cream
Étape 6 : Frangipane-flavored cream
Étape 7 : Frangipane-flavored cream insert
Étape 8 : Finishing syrup
Étape 9 : Egg glaze with cream
Étape 10 : assembling the king cake
Étape 11 : Scoring & baking the king cake
Étape 12 : Decorating & plating the king cake
Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator
Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a chef baker from Chartres. He was awarded the prestigious title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) in 2015, at the age of 27.
Cyrille Van der Stuyft began his apprenticeship right in the family bakery. He won his first competition at the age of 19 and was sacred one of the 'Best Young Bakers in France'. Cyrille went on to earn his professional and advanced vocational degree at the Institut National de la Boulangerie Pâtisserie (INBP), a reference institution in Rouen.
After graduation, the Chef became an educator, as teaching was a field that had always motivated him. He became a bakery teacher at the CFA in Chartres, then a demonstrator at Minoteries Guiard.
In 2015, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft was awarded the title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and became one of the youngest MOF bakers.
Cyrille's career path is comprehensive: bakery worker, company manager, teacher, and mill demonstrator technician. Today, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a consultant/educator in France and abroad. The Chef is also involved in the development of bakeries located in London, New York and Shanghai.
He loves to work the dough by hand, he excels in the art of pastry, whether he is making brioches or puff pastries. His creations are remarkable for their precision and aestheticism.
In 2022, the Chef wrote his first book, 'Viennoiseries leçons en pas à pas', published by Editions du Chêne, a true reference book on the subject.
Back on VoilaChef, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft teaches you how to make 3 of his favorite pastries: Belgian waffles, his version of the 'Lil ‘snack', and a frangipane-flavored king cake.
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