Authentic eclair recipe

Don't be afraid to make these crowd-pleasing CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS! I'll show you step-by-step how to make easy homemade Eclairs everyone raves about.

This simple recipe for homemade Chocolate Eclairs features a choux pastry, vanilla cream filling and decadent chocolate glaze.

Don't be afraid to make these crowd-pleasing CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS! I'll show you step-by-step how to make easy homemade Eclairs everyone raves about.

Crisp, golden shells filled with creamy custard-like filling, topped with a simple chocolate ganache. Classic eclairs dessert that will wow!

Best chocolate eclair cake recipe! An eclair filling sits between 2 layers of homemade pastry topped with a from-scratch chocolate frosting.

These elongated pastries with an appealing glaze, a crispy exterior, a soft doughy interior, and a sweet, creamy center originated in France at the turn of the 20th century. Most food historians believe they were invented by Marie-Antoine Carême, a famous French chef

Recipe video above. While éclairs in the wonderful world of French pastries are made with custard hidden inside, éclairs as we know them here in Australia are split and generously filled with whipped cream. A neat trick for a great éclair cream filling is adding mascarpone. It adds structure so the cream doesn’t completely squirt out when you take a bite (because don’t you just hate that!?), as well as improving storage quality.And as for the choux pastry? It’s light-as-air and beautifully…

This chocolate éclairs recipe features basic choux pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and semisweet chocolate glaze. Éclair au chocolat.

The perfect potluck dessert, éclair cake can be prepped ahead of time and left in the fridge until it's time to dig in. Get the recipe for no-bake eclair cake.