Choux Wreath

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    432

Celebrate the festive season with this delicious Choux Wreath. This dessert is made from cream-filled choux buns, arranged in a wreath shape and finished with a drizzle of chocolate sauce – a festive bake that looks impressive but is easy to put together.

recipe updated 10 Nov. 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    70 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    100 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    100 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    20 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    80 g
  • Thickened cream icon
    Thickened cream
    250 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    2 tablespoons
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Mixed berries icon
    Mixed berries
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Piping bag
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Making the choux:
  2. Fit the Creaming Beater
  3. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  4. Mix until the butter has melted - 2 minutes, 104ºC, speed Stir 1
  5. Then add flour
  6. Mix until well combined - 2 minutes, 104ºC, speed 3
  7. Then add eggs while the machine is running
  8. Mix until well combined - 2 minutes, speed 3
  9. Transfer the pastry into a clean bowl and let cool - 20 minutes
  10. Once cool, transfer the pastry into a piping bag fitted with a medium, round tip
  11. Preheat the oven - 200ºC
  12. Pipe round buns onto the tray, about 2 cm wide, spacing them 2.5 cm apart
  13. Use a wet finger to smooth over any peaks on the surface
  14. Bake until golden - 25 minutes, 200ºC
  15. Remove the choux buns from the oven
  16. Prick each pastry with a skewer to make a small hole and allow steam to escape
  17. Bake until dry - 5 minutes, 200ºC
  18. Remove from the oven and let cool completely
  19. Making the filling:
  20. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Whisk Tool
  21. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  22. Whisk until stiff peaks have formed - 1 minute 30 seconds, speed Max
  23. Transfer the whipped cream to piping bag fitted with a small, round tip
  24. Pipe the cream into each choux bun until filled
  25. Arrange the choux buns onto a board into a wreath shape
  26. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Creaming Beater
  27. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  28. Heat until melted - 5 minutes, 45ºC, speed Stir 1
  29. Using a spoon or piping bag, drizzle the chocolate sauce all over the choux wreath
  30. Garnish, if desired
  31. Serve
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