5 creme frais Recipes

cake flour (not self-rising), salt, baking soda, double-acting baking powder, poppy seeds, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, freshly grated orange zest, eggs, separated, sour cream, vanilla, cream of tartar, fresh orange juice, grand marnier or other orange-flavored liqueur, sugar, julienne strips of orange zest (preferably removed with a zester), mixed berries, sugar for sifting over the cake, creme fraiche as an accompaniment, chill time included in prep time

chocolate wafer cookie crumbs (about half of 1 9-oz package; about 23 cookies, finely ground in processor), granulated sugar, unsalted butter, melted, bittersweet chocolate (60% cacao), finely chopped, granulated sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, cornstarch, kosher salt, whole milk, divided, heavy whipping cream, bittersweet chocolate (60-70% cacao), finely chopped, dark rum (i used kahlua, yummy), vanilla extract, chilled creme fraiche, chilled heavy whipping cream, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract, bittersweet chocolate shavings or curls

vanilla bean, butter, plus more for greasing the pan, golden syrup (see notes ), teeny bit of finely chopped ginger in syrup , plus some of the syrup from the jar, if you like, grated zest of 2 lemons, rhubarb (the nice thin pink bits, not the tough ends), vanilla sugar (made by adding vanilla beans to superfine sugar) or granulated sugar, self-rising flour, eggs, milk , if needed (see notes), creme fraiche or fromage frais (see notes)

madeira cake, unsweetened orange juice, sugar-free orange jello (jello), satsuma oranges, peeled and sliced, bananas, prepared low-fat custard, low fat fromage frais, low-fat creme fraiche, star fruit or fig, to decorate