St. Honoré cake

As Saint- Honoré cake (also: Tarte St - Honoré ) is defined as a pie of French cuisine, which has a base of puff pastry, as well as on baked layer of choux pastry with vanilla cream ( crème pâtissière / pastry cream ) coated and on the edge with caramelized profiteroles is occupied.

The cake was named after Saint Honorius of Amiens ( Bishop of Amiens ), the patron saint of bakers.

Since the cake consists mainly of choux pastry, which quickly draws moisture and thereby softens, it can not completed until just before serving and should soon be consumed.