Holiday entertaining is all about wringing maximum impact from minimal effort. It’s pretty hard to beat a towering pile of caramel-drizzled profiteroles for drama alone, but the mighty croquembouche ...

If you’ve watched any part of Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, you might be prepared, in part, for the amount of innuendo served up in this clip from Monday night’s holiday-themed episode. In it ...

Join AllisonChen's baking journey as she tackles a croquembouche, often dubbed the 'hardest dessert'. Watch her make pâte à ...

Twenty-five years ago, or so, I found the magic. I was paging through a cookbook, the seminal “La Methode,” Jacques Pepin’s sequel to his even more seminal “La Technique.” As I was grazing through the ...

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 ...

Cream puffs, also known as choux pastry, are one of the easiest and most versatile pastries made in the kitchen. Believe it or not, water, butter, flour, eggs and a bit of salt constitute all of the ...

If you have leftovers, assemble and store the wreath in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. If you want to make ahead of time and store, wait to add the confectioners' sugar and the sugared cranberries ...

What is more magical than hundreds of cream puffs stacked high into a tower and covered with spun sugar? Better known as the traditional French wedding cake, looking at this stunning creation is nice, ...

A labor-intensive dessert for Labor DayThere was one other major problem, which I can blame only on myself. The way Pepin makes his croquembouche, he dips the top of each puff in caramel (others leave ...