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Have your cake and eat it at Paris' oldest patisserie

Matthew Nash
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At nearly 300 years old, the Stohrer patisserie is renowned as the oldest in Paris and started out baking sweet treats and savory delights for royals.

And now in 2024, having occupied the same space on Rue Montorgueil in the second arrondissement for almost three centuries, Stohrer is still going strong, a must-not-miss destination for locals and tourists alike, remaining hugely popular to this day.

Some of the French capital's most decadent and beautiful pastries are baked in the famous shop, founded by Nicolas Stohrer, inventor of the rum baba dessert and pastry chef for Marie Leszczynska, daughter of King Stanislas I of Poland followed her in 1725 to Versailles following her marriage to King Louis XV of France.

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The patisserie - which first opened in 1730 - is also a listed historic site thanks to its 19th-century decor and around 25 pastry chefs make ten different cakes daily, including tarte aux framboises (raspberry tart) and tarte aux citron (lemon tart).

With a summer of Olympic and Paralympic sport heading to the city, Stohrer pastry chef Colin Laurent simply commented of the Paris staple's continued existence as a successful cafe: "Sugar is life. That's happiness."

Watch the video above to find out more.

Stohrer prepares 10 different kinds of cakes daily. /CGTN Europe
Stohrer prepares 10 different kinds of cakes daily. /CGTN Europe

Stohrer prepares 10 different kinds of cakes daily. /CGTN Europe

Have your cake and eat it at Paris' oldest patisserie

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