St. Honore, the Patron Saint of Bakers

St. Honore's (Saint Honoratus of Amiens) feast day is May 16th. Today we made Gateau St. Honore to celebrate his feast day a bit early with the strawberries we picked yesterday. He was born in Port-le-Grand near Amiens to a noble family. We've been looking for more information on him today, but have not found too much.

The cake is a layer of Pastry puff with Pate a Choux (paht ah SHOO) baked on top. The filling is made of Pastry cream mixed with whipped cream and topped with fruit. I took a short cut and made my faux pastry puff dough instead of making pastry dough. fauz pastry dough comes out nearly as flaky. Here's what our Gateau St. Honore looked like: