French desserts recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Mon Gateau Au Chocolat

An absolutely wonderful cake; most traditionally served without icing. If you're including kids, might want to add your favorite, but I love it the…

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This recipe is from my latest book and winner of the Gourmand World…

Mango Gateau with peaches and cream

A Gateau is a French style sponge cake traditionally made with cream and may be a multilayered cake. I made…

Tarte Tatin

This is a classic of French home cuisine - it's upside-down caramelized apple tart.

Chocolate Souffle

After having a yummy souffle on a cruise recently, I came back and started making them myself. This is the best I've found so far. A simple,…

Creme Brulee

My claim to fame. Not quite so traditional, I use whole eggs and milk to lighten it up a little bit.

Roasted Pineapple Sauce

Madeleines

I had been longing to make madeleines or small French Sponge Cake for quite some time. All this while, I postponed the idea of making madeleines…

Chocolate Mousse in Mousse Crust

This is such a fun desset to make and eat. It takes you back to the late 1970's. It makes a nice presentation…

Creme Brulee

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Brown Sugar Caramel Souffles

I first made these in culinary school for extra credit with one of my Final Practical meals. *The cooking time noted reflects the (approximate)…

Semisweet Chocolate Mousse

“Mousse au chocolat” is French for chocolate mousse. Ask anyone to describe a chocolate mousse and they will generally answer with a texture…

5-Ingredient Lemon Cake

Baking is a science and is all about exact measurements. Follow these simple steps to create this easy and simple lemon cake. There are a number…

creme caramel

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