Decorating desserts the easy way can save a lot of time and make the ending of a great meal spectacular! Presentation touches everything we do.
I can see making an easy lemon custard and then decorating the top with a fruit, but doing a Croquembouche is another story. Croquembouche is a traditional French wedding cake, made up of a tower of cream-filled, caramel-dipped profiteroles, vanilla cream, sugar almonds and on and on! The recipe says it takes around 5 hours to complete.
I am sharing this photo, I took at a party that two of my friends, Barbara Huber and Christine Huskisson gave this past Christmas for our Garden Club. WINK, WINK! It was truly a spectacular display. Do take the croquembouche off the easy list!
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