Croquembouche Traditional French Wedding Cake

Instead of a classic stacked buttercream or fondant cake serve a traditional french wedding cake a croquembouche for dessert instead.

Croquembouche traditional french wedding cake. The croquembouche is a traditional french wedding confection in which puffs of choux pastry are assembled in a cone shape and bound together with threads of caramelized sugar. 1 1 4 cups whole milk. In the words of award winning wedding planner katrina otter these are a croquembouche masterpiece with a twist.

We believe our chocolate dipped profiterole towers are a tastier and prettier alternative to the traditional caramel croquembouche. Each pastry puff is filled most commonly with crème pâtissière and then stacked in a cone shape. Croquembouche is a french dessert made from choux puff pastry a super delicate pastry dough.

In france and italy it is often served at weddings baptisms and first communions. A croquembouche is a traditional french dessert often referred to as a french wedding cake. 1 cup unsalted butter.

For centuries the croquembouche has been the piece montee centrepiece of french weddings. However the increase in bakery programmes such as masterchef australia and the great british bake off has led to the french croquembouche becoming a centrepiece in many other countires. 2 tablespoons all purpose flour.

Traditional french wedding cakes made of profiteroles filled with creme patissiere and lightly coated with crispy caramel. For the choux. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.

2 cups all purpose flour. Invented by french pastry chef antoine careme 1783 1833 in the late 1700s the croquembouche is a tower of cream filled puff pastry balls called choux in french that are piled into a high pyramid and encircled with caramelized sugar. And if you ask us one of the chicest options is to serve a croquembouche aka a classic french dessert that s essentially a pyramid of cream puffs piled on top of each other and bound with threads of caramel.