When
I first laid eyes on this croquembouche concoction, I immediately
wanted to scrap the sensible chocolate cake I had already ordered for my
wedding. I mean, the mini-doughnuts? The pastel macarons and little
roses? The fact that it's a unicorn cake?! Ugh, utter perfection. Dying, dying, dead.
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Then, I found out that you can only get it at the Anges de Sucre bakery in London.
(Dominique Ansel, this is your challenge: Make a stateside version,
pretty please.) Founder Reshmi Bennett takes a few days to create each
of these whimsical towers, and only makes one a month for a lucky
couple, according to Delish.
It's inspired by the traditional French croquembouche cake, and Bennett
spends a good deal of time carving it into a perfect horn shape before
going to town decorating it.
When
the cake structure has set, Bennett frosts the creation in pastel
butter creams, which gives the round base a watercolor look. Then comes
the really fun part: "Instead of limiting the toppings to
profiteroles and macarons like a traditional croquembouche cake,"
Bennett told Delish, "I thought having a whole smorgasbord of desserts
would be much more of a feast for the eyes — and the belly." Genius.
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On
top of it all, she makes every single item by hand, from the raspberry
macarons to the candied popcorn to the buttermilk doughnuts to the
cream-filled eclairs to...well, there's just so much on this cake. But,
as you can see, the labor of love — which stands at about 3 feet — is
absolutely worth it. "Basically, all the major dessert food groups
rolled into one glorious creation" is how the bakery describes it, and we 100% agree.
Kind of makes me want to have a second reception in London... But for now, I'll just follow Anges de Sucre on Instagram for a daily sugar rush and hope Bennett opens up a branch in NYC sometime soon.
