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Chocolate pavé topped with caramel
Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.
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Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.
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Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
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Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.
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Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.
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Saint-Honoré : puff pastry or shortcrust base topped with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream-filled choux puffs glazed with caramel around the edges.
The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or a Chiboust cream (pastry cream mixed with Italian meringue).
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Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.
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A dark-colored Christmas cake, slowly steamed with dried fruits, nuts, brown sugar or molasses, and often beef suet. It is flavored with beer (such as porter or stout), a spirit like brandy, or citrus juice. Traditionally, it is flambéed with cognac or rum before serving.