Originally Posted by
exerda
My selected mignardises. Clockwise from bottom left: A tart with cilantro cream (my favorite); a local chewy candy; a lemon tart; and some sort of rum-cake-esque thing. I picked the 1st 2 and asked the server to recommend a favorite; he gave me the other 2. The little cake was too dry and needed a creamier center given how thick the dry shell was. Lemon tart was very nice, if not distinctive. The chew was... chewy. Served with tea.
Your rum cake is a canele I think, interior should be almost custardy if they nail it but it's one of those tricky things that only someone's Grandfather in Bordeaux can get right or some such.