Chocolate with Francois Paris Brest

This month, the group Chocolate With Francois, is making Chocolate Paris-Brest which is a “wheel shaped cake created to celebrate a bicycle race from Paris to the city of Brest.”  It is found on page 165 or our book   and was chosen by Susan of Baking with Susan.   Make sure to visit Susan’s site for the complete how-to for this recipe. As for me, I  made this slightly different than directed.  I made the Pate a choux as detailed on page 247 of our book in the form of quarter size rounds.  The pastry cream, from page 245 of our [...]