After they have assembled the croquembouche around a mold, they weave a gossamer web of spun sugar around it. I decided to do that part, too. What the heck? At that point, it didn’t really matter. One ...

We are celebrating the season with two special holiday episodes of Pastries with Paola before season two launches in the spring. First up is Paola's holiday showstopper, the Old Fashioned Doughnut ...

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 ...

This Christmas Tree Croquembouche features crisp cream puffs stacked in a festive tree shape for a dazzling holiday showstopper.

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 ...