Welcome to the section of my website entirely dedicated to French sweet recipes from Monsieur de France. Here you will find easy homemade desserts to prepare: crepes, pies, madeleines, brioches, mousses, cookies, and regional treats. Each recipe shares a piece of French expertise and can be enjoyed from breakfast to afternoon tea.
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French sweet recipes
French Gingerbread Recipe – The Traditional Pain d’épices
Jérôme Prod'homme
Discover the real French pain d’épices — a honey-based gingerbread enjoyed since Medieval times. We tell its story, give you the traditional recipe and share essential tips to make it perfectly at home.
Mise à jour : 26 novembre 2025
Chocolate truffles are the epitome of refined indulgence. Invented in 1895 in Chambéry, they combine a melt-in-the-mouth ganache with a cocoa coating. You can easily make them at home with a few simple ingredients and a little patience.
Quince is an autumn fruit that can be used in many recipes, including the famous quince paste, the recipe for which is given below.
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La galette des rois: its history and recipe
Jérôme Prod'homme
The "galette des rois" marks the end of the festive season. A good puff pastry galette, traditionally filled with frangipane, into which we slip the famous bean that will designate the queen or king to whom we offer the pretty paper crown. It's even older than the famous Three Wise Men who gave it its name, and the recipe is easier than it looks. Maybe you can even make your own galette des rois by following our recipe...
The Yule log is still an iconic part of the French festive season. Even if it's less emblematic, it's still with us, and pastry chefs regularly come up with original ways to bring it up to date. It's a very old tradition. From the real wooden log to grandma's log with buttercream, discover the history of the Yule log with Monsieur de France.
Nougat is a famous delicacy! Present in France since at least the 16th century, it is the culinary glory of Montélimar, in Drôme Provençale. It's one of the famous 13 desserts that are put on the festive table at Christmas in Provence. Eggs, sugar, honey, almonds... Although it won't taste as good as Montélimar nougat, which is made by professional nougat makers, you can try making your own nougat with our nougat recipe.
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French sweet recipes
The real whipped cream is the "chantilly" cream
Jérôme Prod'homme
The whipped cream is as old as the cream, we find trace of it in Italy since the Renaissance, even if it was probably invented even earlier, but the Chantilly cream, the real one, is much more than that. Sugar is added to the cream (thickly) and it's so much better than those bottles that spray you with a tasteless stuff unjustly called "chantilly". Monsieur de France reminds you of the origin and especially gives you his recipe for Chantilly.
The rum baba is a famous dessert. Discover here its original origin: from the greed of a king in exile in France who could not do without his brioche and who also liked good wine. Baba au rhum is a story that comes from Poland, that passes through Lorraine, before continuing in Paris. And it is also a recipe that Monsieur de France
In a fruit salad, in a coulis, in a pie, in jam... We can put the currants in many dishes. They are harvested in summer, from June to September. It is in Lorraine that we started to be interested in this delicious berry and to plant it voluntarily. Here are the recipes of Monsieur de France:
It is a delicacy found in many French desserts such as cream puffs or even the éclair... It was invented in France more than 3 centuries ago by a talented boy named François Massialot. We explain here how to make it yourself...
