Si and Dave served up a delicious Christmas croquembouche with 100 cardamom filled choux buns on The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas.

The ingredients are: 235g butter, 330ml whole milk, 1½ tbsp caster sugar, 275g plain flour, 8 free-range eggs and salt.

For the spiced cream filling: 1 litre double cream, 100g icing sugar, 1½–2 tbsp coffee extract and 1 tsp ground cardamom.

For the caramel: 500g caster sugar.

To decorate: white sugar nibs.

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