This morning I had a craving for a delicious French pastry for breakfast. I stopped by Balthazar on Spring Street and ordered a small coffee and a chocolate crossaint. While waiting for the barista to hand me my cup of coffee, I saw a cute “muffin-like” treat sitting on the counter. Without any labels on any of their treats, it was hard to decipher what it was. So I pointed to it and the barista added it to my breakfast bag. Walking down the street I was wondering what I ordered. I arrived at work, sipped some coffee and looked at my receipt – 1 Cannelet – $2.25. A cannelet. I took a bit out of this little cupcake/muffin-like good, and it was delicious. The outside was slightly crispy, and the inside was creamy, definitely not like a muffin. It was hard to get a good definition from the Google search results, but this is what I found on a cannelet, or canelet as how most spell it:
Per the Saint Honore Bakery website:
Canelet, a traditional treat from the Bordeaux region of France…Invented in the 16th century by the nuns of the Annonciades convent, this sweet custard cake is baked in a copper tin heavily coated with melted beeswax. The beeswax hardens and gives the canelet the perfect crunchy crust. Canelet is made with whole milk, eggs, sugar and flour…and a touch of vanilla bean and rum.
Back to my cannelet…it was delicious and it just might be my new breakfast treat. I still haven’t touched my chocolate croissant, but I’ll probably have a bite of it later today.
