Last Sunday we had a wedding party in at the salon. You know, all the members of a wedding came in to get their hair, nails and make up done. When that happens, we serve pretty food and mimosas.
One of our favorite quick-but-pretty things for these events is a cream puff tree. No cooking, just a bit of assembly and you've got an edible centerpiece.
You need a styrofoam cone, frozen cream puffs (we get them at Costco), strawberries, and white chocolate candy coating. A little powdered sugar is nice. Start by wrapping the cone with plastic wrap. (That way we can reuse the cone. It just seems cleaner, too.)
We forgot this time, but usually we melt the chocolate and put a little pool in the center of the serving dish. Set the cone on top and let the chocolate cool. The hardened chocolate anchors the cone to the dish. Starting at the bottom, use toothpicks to anchor puffs in a circle.
Add strawberries here and there as you move up the cone.
Drizzle the puffs with white chocolate. We usually just use a spoon, but Mom has a new icing decorator thing, and we tried that. Didn't work that great, really. The chocolate cooled too quickly and clogged the tube. Next time we're going to try buttercream frosting.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and you're done!
You can see we've got a few holes in this one. It was a small wedding party and Dad wanted us to save him some cream puffs, so we left the holes. For larger groups, we put the puffs closer together. Sometimes we fill any holes with silk flowers, which is pretty.
We'll be back on Friday with some sneak peeks at what we've been working on lately. See you then!
1 comment:
Yum!!! I love that you saved puffs for Dad. I'll bet the wedding party didn't even notice that gaps.
I can hardly wait to see what you two have been up to in that gorgeous craft room!
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