The St. Honoré cake, usually known by its French name gâteau St-Honoré, and also sometimes called St. Honoratus cake,[1] is a pastry dessert named for the French patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, Saint Honoré or Honoratus (d. 600 AD), Bishop of Amiens.[2] It was invented in 1847 at the Chiboust bakery on Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris.[3]
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Type | Cake |
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Place of origin | France |
Created by | M. Chiboust |
Main ingredients | Puff pastry, choux pastry, cream puffs, caramelised sugar, chiboust cream, whipped cream |
This classic French dessert is a circle of puff pastry at its base with a ring of pâte à choux piped on the outer edge. Small baked profiteroles are dipped in caramelized sugar and attached side by side on top of the circle of the pâte à choux. This base is traditionally filled with crème chiboust and finished with whipped cream using a special St. Honoré piping tip.[4][3]
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