Happy New Year 2023 to all our Spotters! And what better way to celebrate this new year than with the traditional Galette des Rois?
And yes, hardly time to digest the Christmas logs that your good resolutions of the new year are put to the test by the irresistible frangipane cake that flourish in the bakeries and pastry shops of Casablanca.
For your enjoyment, and after intense and trying research (believe us, it was hard!), we have selected the three must-try Casablanca galettes to make your own opinion.
You will find above the video of the tasting of these cakes:
We no longer need to introduce the Amoud bakery which has been a must in Casablanca and throughout the Kingdom for many years! For the Epiphany 2023, the famous bakery offers a classic king’s cake with frangipane, with Minnie & Mickey beans to enchant the little ones. The cakes are available in three sizes (small at 140 dhs, medium at 185 dhs and large at 235 dhs).
For the price, the cake is relatively good even if we regret that it is not more filled with frangipane. We would also have liked a frangipane with a more pronounced almond taste and a puff pastry a little less “industrial”.
A little extra, each cake is accompanied by a baking instruction for a better tasting.
The bakery also offers brioches des rois, for those looking for an alternative to the frangipane.
They did not give us a crown so don’t forget yours!
If you live in Casablanca, you can’t miss the famous bakery/pastry shop/caterer Maison Serraj, which has various outlets in the white city.
For this year, they offer a gourmet frangipane Galette des Rois: the flavors of almonds being wonderfully enhanced with a little touch of orange blossom.
For us, it’s the best value for money: for 150 dhs, you leave with a delicious cake quite generously filled for about 6 people, with a perfect and original presentation. To test without any doubt!
Maison Alexis
Ideally located on the Boulevard de la Corniche, this bakery-pastry shop attached to authenticity and French know-how has been delighting for a few years now all lovers of delicacies from France.
Quite naturally, and in the purest French tradition, they offer a Galette des rois with frangipane, at a price of 250 dhs for about 8 people.
If this cake is a little more expensive than its competitors, this price difference is, in our opinion, largely justified: a smell of caramelized butter to fall, an artisanal baking, an airy and crispy puff pastry and a smooth, generous and greedy frangipane with a good taste of almonds and vanilla custard. In short, you will have understood, we were more than convinced!
If you are not a big fan of almonds, for 420 dhs, they offer an alternative with a galette with pecans frangipane and candied oranges.
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