A Croque en bouche is a traditional French wedding cake. It is made from profiteroles filled with pastry cream and constructed using golden caramel to stick all the crispy balls of pastry and creamy filling together, resulting in a glorious tower of sweet treats.
There are a few things you need to be aware of before choosing a croque en bouche for your special cake.
Croque en bouche are filled with a mix of pastry cream and fresh cream, the profiteroles are then individually dipped in caramel and stuck together around a cone to produce the wondrous tower of pud! The issue is that I have four hours from the time I finish constructing it to the time you need to start eating it. This is firstly because the sugar starts to melt as it absorbs moisture particles in the air and secondly because it can’t be put in the fridge, there is a food safely issue with the fresh cream inside.
Therefore, we need to plan carefully when I will be delivering it and when your going to be eating it.
Once you have cracked it open and started eating it any left overs can go in the fridge and be eaten later on if everyone’s stuffed or you can save some for your newly wed breakfast!!
You will need 2 profiteroles per guest as a evening treat or 4 each as a dessert.
Croque en bouche can be served with Fresh fruit couli or chocolate sauce.
The Pastry cream filling can be flavoured with vanilla seeds, Amaretto or Chocolate.
As shown in this photo you can also choose to have white chocolate roses to compliment the mighty bouche!
She Bakes
64a Robertson Road, Brighton BN1 5NJ
Tel: 07813 619667