a grown-up dessert that takes no time to make

Palmiers with strawberry curd

Delicious choux pastry like the French Paris-Brest

Crouquembouche – The Daring Bakers

My first Daring Baker’s challenge-croquembouche.

Croquembouche is a pyramid of cream-filled puff pastries bound with caramel and decorated with spun sugar corkscrews.

A beautiful, delicious, show-stopper dessert.

My failed pièce montée and croquembouche for the May 2010 Daring Bakers’ Challenge.

Croquembouche…Profiteroles with coffee pastry cream, dunked in dark chocolate, & swirled with spun sugar

Croquembouche with the Daring Bakers!

Croquembouche Cupcakes ~ Piece Montee re-fashioned into cupcakes. How-to pictures to accompany recipe.

Caramel Cream Croquembouche: a fancy party dessert, a comeback to snarky Facebook comments, and an adventure all in one!

My piece montée, or croquembouche, for this month’s Daring Baker challenge.

Almond pastry cream filled pâte à choux with caramel sauce and spun sugar.

Croquembouche…. and elegant and delicious French dessert.

Choux Puffs with Crème Pâtissière (with step by step instructions).

This Easy Cream Cheese Danish can be made in about 1 hour.

A wonderfully flaky treat with endless possibilities for filling!

South African deep fried pastry braids, coated in spiced sugar syrup.

Cheesecake Cream Puffs

A new way to fill a Paris Brest, perfect for Spring!!

These flaky Brie cheese & strawberry puff pastry “ravioli” are drizzled with a velvety, warm chocolate sauce.

No bake and gluten free Crunchy Pastries with Hazelnuts, Nutella and Orange.

Cinnamon Sugar Crescents