Learn how to make Croquembouche, a classic French dessert made of sweet, creamy, crunchy cream puffs assembled into one show stopping tower!

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One of my favorite desserts to make is this wonderful “cake” called a croquembouche. It was created by chef Antoine Carême in the 1700’s and is the traditional French wedding cake. This wonderful cake ...

Shawn Lawson makes a Croquembouche, which is basically a tree-shaped tower of cream puffs held together by melted caramel. Shawn makes the cream puffs with spoons. 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

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Making croquembouche requires several steps, after all, you are making a dessert pyramid! To make the pastry puffs, you'll need butter, salt, sugar, flour and eggs. The pastry cream requires egg yolks ...

On a recent trip through Quebec's Eastern Townships, I came across croquembouche on a restaurant menu: a tower of cream puffs filled with cream, curd or pastry cream, traditionally glued together with ...

Though it may seem intimidating, making cream puffs, éclairs, or an impressive croquembouche is possible at home. But it's important to get the building blocks of these desserts down first. Each of ...