Saint-Honoré
Question. What is Saint-Honoré cake?
Answer. St-Honoré cake is a classic French dessert which consists of a base of puff pastry with a ring of pâte à choux all around the edge. Small, round pâte à choux are filled with lightened pastry cream and dipped in chocolate or caramel. They are placed side-by-side all around the top. The cream used traditionally is Chiboust cream and the garnishing is done with whipped cream using a special tip called St- Honoré tip.
General procedure followed for Saint-honoré cake
The complexity of this cake comes from the number of finished products that are required to complete the assembly of the cake. We have made an 8-inch St-Honore cake for demonstration purposes. The actual size should be larger than that.
The individual products needed to complete this cake are;
- Puff pastry dough
- Pate a choux
- egg wash
- apricot glaze
- raspberry jam
- vanilla sponge cake
- simple syrup
- pastry cream or lightened pastry cream
- whipping cream
- tempered chocolate
In this lesson you will be introduced to the following terminologies;
- Puff pastry dough
- Pate a choux
- egg wash
- apricot glaze
- raspberry jam
- vanilla sponge cake
- simple syrup
- pastry cream or lightened pastry cream
- whipping cream
- tempered chocolate
Please follow this link if you wish to learn how to make Sainte-Honoré cake.
Pastry training course outline
