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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 25

Appears in
French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre: More than 200 Classic Recipes
French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

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Ingredients

  • 1½ oz. (40 g) candied fruit, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup (60

Method

  1. A day ahead, place the candied fruit and Grand Marnier in a bowl. Let soak overnight.
  2. The following day, drain the candied fruit. Combine with half the pastry cream in a bowl. Reserve the rest of the pastry cream in the refrigerator.
  3. Cut the genoise sponge into 3 equal layers using a bread knife. Place the bottom layer on the cardboard cake board, cru