Traditional Wedding Cake Styles For France
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Traditional wedding cake styles for france. The french traditionally serve up what is known as a croquembouche. We also do american traditional american wedding cakes. Still when discussing with potential venues if they offer catering services pay attention to suggested menus and the flexibility of the chef. Create your own luxe creation reminiscent of french elegance be it a fashion inspired wedding cake complete with ruffled fondant nbsp.
According to fly away bride the main confectionery item at most weddings in france is something called croquembouche which is made up of small pastry balls stacked upon one another. Let the daunting task of selecting your wedding cake. Hadley and ed ordered half vanilla and half chocolate for their guests. The tall confection is made of a tower of cream puffs held together with spun sugar and traditionally filled with vanilla creme.
I will be first to admit all the below listed types of icing are equally great for a beautiful looking wedding cake. Though american style wedding cakes are slowly making their way into europe countries such as germany are hanging onto their own traditions. So you are going to love today s post as we are looking at the 20 best wedding cakes in france. Get those pinning fingers ready.
Traditional us uk 3 tiered wedding cake decorated with olive branches figs and fruit created by chef à domicile. Instead of a classic stacked buttercream or fondant cake serve a traditional french wedding cake a croquembouche for dessert instead. At a french wedding you won t see the same kind of tiered wedding cake that you might come across in the us. The wedding cakes that are popular in france are the croquembouche wedding cakes.
However france s gastronomic reputation means that most couples choosing to celebrate their wedding in france want typical french cuisine to be served and this should be a piece of cake to arrange. Wedding cakes have come a long way since royal iced fruitcakes and now we have the privilege of picking the style and taste that beautifully suits our wedding plans and overall ambience. Invented by french pastry chef antoine careme 1783 1833 in the late 1700s the croquembouche is a tower of cream filled puff pastry balls called choux in french that are piled into a high pyramid and. A more cost effective alternative are cupcakes.
This tall tower of cream filled pastries is coated in caramel and formed into a pyramid shape and makes quite a statement. You can choose for many flavors and styles but you can be sure that the taste is truly french. Or an ornate creation adorned with nbsp classic sugar flowers to delve even further into the world of france why not explore the art of french cuisine with the bluprint classes french cooking at home.