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...between the 1900s and the 1960s. Yet it was generally a fruit cake...
Croquembouche consists of balls of baked choux pastry (called profiteroles and cream puffs) stacked in a pyramid (cone shape). The pastry is covered with spun caramelized sugar. It is considered the traditional French "wedding cake"