croquembouche

• “Not that he's slacking—one night last semester Mr. Merle presented his house with a 2 1/2-foot tall tower of creampuffs dipped in caramel sugar called a croquembouche for dessert.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Dude, Those Candied Walnuts Go Great at a Kegger

• “A quick note - a croquembouche is a tower of profiteroles AKA cream puffs held together with caramel and then decorated with spun sugar.”

  Merci!

• “But I do know that a croquembouche is a um... conglomerate baked good balls of cake or fruit clued together with chocolate or icing.”

  And Now, MORE Weird Wedding Cakes

• “Some years back my mum discovered a recipe for the Italian style custard you make to fill profiteroles, to make a croquembouche, which is her signature cake-making item.”

  Archive 2005-09-01

• “That picture is a beautiful and artistic example of a "croquembouche".”

  Merci!

• “Now, I have no idea what a "croquembouche" is, but from looking at the photo...”

  And Now, MORE Weird Wedding Cakes

• “The croquembouche is the French traditional wedding dessert and literally means "crush in mouth" (Thanks Vivian!) 4) They decided where to spend their money and stuck with it!”

  Always A Blogsmaid

• “She had her 21st birthday cake, a vast croquembouche, ordered from Fitzbillies and, like Stephen Fry she knew the place as a 90-year-old Cambridge institution, a Grade II listed art deco frontage on a tea shop and bakery that prided itself on selling generations of students the world's stickiest Chelsea buns.”

  The Guardian: Saving Fitzbillies: Tim Hayward's life-changing year

• “Otherwise it's just plain old rack of lamb or souffles or croquembouche.”

  Archive 2009-08-01

• “The last wedding cake we made was a croquembouche, the traditional french wedding cake.”

  The exam is finally over.....

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