A croquembouche is one of the signature French cuisine pastries. With its rich creme filled pastry and decadent spun caramel sugar, this dessert is loved by all. Our Croquembouche Inspired Donut Tree Recipe has the chic look of a croquembouche without the hours of work! With a few simple ingredients you can create this no bake, chic and sophisticated stacked dessert! Be sure to check out our recent Parisian Bridal Shower to see how we incorporated this classic patisserie into our dessert table.
Start creating this divine dessert by adhering the Perfectly Paris Cupcake Liners to the styrofoam cone. This creates a food safe surface for your sweets. We secured ours with a bit of double stick tape.
Now that your styrofoam cone has been fully covered in the Perfectly Paris Cupcake Liners, begin to insert toothpicks throughout the cone spacing them about 1.5 inches apart. These will secure your donut holes to the cone, creating the classic croquembouche stacked look.
Once your toothpicks are inserted into the styrofoam cone, begin to place a donut hole on each pick ensuring there are no large gaps between each donut hole.
Repeat the previous step until your cone is fully covered in donut holes. We left a small gap at the top of the tree for a ribbon detail.
Now that all of the donut holes are placed on the cone, fill your pastry bag with pink frosting. If you don’t have a piping bag handy, a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off will do the trick. Begin to pipe small rosettes in any gaps for a bright and delicious pop of color.
Tie in your rose theme, add in some fresh spray roses through the donut tree for a fanciful floral touch!
Now it is time to display and serve your delicious, French inspired dessert! Bon Appetit! Put your donut tree on a cake stand and serve with an assortment of pretty Paris themed and striped napkins!
Looking for more Parisian Bridal Shower Inspiration? Be sure to check out our DIY Mini Bird Cage Place Card Holder, our DIY Floral Frame Paris Backdrop Sign.