[mountaineer]

Do you mean a croquembouche? I've never tried one, but believe you can do them with little cream puffs; I also have a recipe for a chocolate truffle croquembouche.

[lodwick]

Thanks for the french - I was getting no where fast with "Christmas tree cake. ;-)

[pubmom]

Yes, thank you! The chocolate truffle sounds wonderful, we really need to do a holiday recipe thread.