Learn about the history of the Saint Honoré cake
When Saint announced to his nurse that he wanted to become a priest, she was making bread.
“When my shovel sprouts leaves, you'll be a bishop!” the good woman mocked.
And with those words, the miracle happened. To his astonishment, the shovel became covered in leaves.
He was born in the village of Port-le-Grand, in Ponthieu, at the beginning of the 6th century. He was ordained bishop of Amiens and was sanctified in the 11th century.
His fame spread throughout Paris to such an extent that the people of Picardy built a church for him.
Meanwhile, in 1202, a Parisian baker offered 9 acres of land to build a chapel in his honor.
In fact, as a result, Rue and Faubourg Saint Honoré became famous worldwide, as did the pastry shop with the same name.
Invented in 1847 by a young pastry chef at the Chiboust patisseries, the Saint Honoré cake was initially a large brioche filled with pastry cream.
When Auguste Julien, the young pastry chef in question, founded his pastry shop, he revised the recipe, which became the one we still know today.
The cake consists of a puff pastry, bread dough, or shortcrust pastry base, surrounded by a ring of "petit choux" filled with vanilla cream and caramelized.
It is finished by filling the center with Chiboust cream or Chantilly, mounted in the shape of a crown, in honor of its divinity.
In the 15th century, the first bakers' guild was established in Paris, in the church bearing its name.
In conclusion:
He is the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs!
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