The Canelé Bordelais,
By Douceur De France

Why one full page only for the canelé?
Well, the answer is in the question itself!

Because we are talking about The Canelé: rum, vanilla and caramel cake,
the real one from Bordeaux, France.

This pastry has a very special history:
It seems that there are a lot of different versions of this story,
so we will present here what's common among all these stories:

The Canelé's origin seems to go back in the 18th or 19th century,
in the Annonciades'convent in Bordeaux.

It's made with eggs, flour, milk, butter, vanilla and rum.
Bronze cake pans were used, and the nuns
used to cook them in ember, on the city's docks.

Some are now using flexipan or other synthetic mold
because they are easier to use and cheaper.

At Douceur de France, we are proud to use
copper and inox steel molds which are the only ones
to give the canelés their unique caramelized crispy crust.

Read what Bea, from Bea's Kitchen (http://www.beaskitchen.com/), says about the Canelé eating experience:
"I am not from Bordeaux but I love canelés. How to describe the eating experience of a canelé? Chewy, a touch of caramel flavour for the crust, feeling fragrant fresh vanilla with a beautiful touch of rum, and so moist inside. This is just the kind of pastry I love. In many ways, it reminds me a lot of one of my favorites of all, le clafoutis aux cerises (cherry flan is the closest translation I find) (or my plum version here). Oddily enough, I discovered canelés in New Zealand and not while living in France. I lived in Wellington where there was (probably still there?) a French bakery called Bordeaux. As the name indicates, the baker working there is from Bordeaux, and while living miles away from the nest, he took with him the required skills to bake his little canelés. That surely made me happy! And so, because I was a good customer of the bakery, I also became a canelé addict."

The only other thing we can tell you now is: come and try by yourself this original pastry,
made for you like nearly 200 years ago in France.
The Canelé is available at Atlanta, and only at Douceur de France!