profiteroles
Filled choux balls
Profiteroles are small pastry puffs made from choux dough, typically filled with cream or custard and topped with chocolate sauce.
They're served as a dessert, often stacked or arranged in a dish: We shared a plate of profiteroles after dinner.
The singular profiterole exists but rarely appears—the dessert is almost always ordered and served in multiples.
Twice-cooked pastry dough
- pastryButtery baked dough
- éclairFilled oblong pastry
- cream puffAiry pastry, custard-filled
- croquemboucheCaramel-glazed pastry cone
Paris-Brest · beignet · churro · cannoli · mille-feuille · napoleon · trifle · mousse
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- creamRich milk fat
- pastry creamCooked custard filling
- whipped creamAerated dairy topping
- crème pâtissièreCooked egg-thickened vanilla filling
ganache · chocolate · vanilla · mocha · praline · chantilly · mascarpone · ice cream
Tall slender edifice
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- croquemboucheCaramel-glazed pastry cone
- caramelCooked sugar confection
- spun sugarHeated candy drawn thin
drizzle · chocolate sauce · glaze · dusted · stacked · plated · wedding · buffet
choux
Twice-cooked pastry dough
- pastryButtery baked dough
- éclairFilled oblong pastry
- cream puffAiry pastry, custard-filled
croquembouche · Paris-Brest · beignet · churro · cannoli · mille-feuille · napoleon · trifle · mousse · cheesecake
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- creamRich milk fat
- pastry creamCooked custard filling
- whipped creamAerated dairy topping
crème pâtissière · ganache · chocolate · vanilla · mocha · praline · chantilly · mascarpone · ice cream · Bavarian cream
tower
Tall slender edifice
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- croquemboucheCaramel-glazed pastry cone
- caramelCooked sugar confection
spun sugar · drizzle · chocolate sauce · glaze · dusted · stacked · plated · wedding · buffet · centerpiece
- bakerybread, cake, cookie, muffins, donuts
- dessertscake, cookies, pie, cupcakes, pudding
- sweet treatscookie, cupcake, donut, doughnut, fudge
- bistrobistro chairs, terrace seating, awning, sidewalk cafe, parasols
- bite-sized treatspetit fours, mini cupcakes, cake pops, donut holes, brownie bites
- Classic Dessertsangel food cake, baked Alaska, Black Forest cake, Boston cream pie, bread pudding