The traditional French wedding cake is called a croquembouche. A croquembouche is a tower of cream-filled, puffed-pastry balls (called "choux" in French) which are piled into a high pyramid and encircled with caramelized sugar. This sugar is what gives the dessert it's name- croquembouche loosely translates to "crunch in the mouth". In addition to spun sugar, the croquembouche can be decorated with icing, chocolate, sugared almonds or candy ribbons.