The best eclair cake recipe! A delicious eclair filling sits between two layers of homemade choux pastry topped with a rich, from-scratch chocolate frosting.
The first step in making Choux pastry is making a panade, which is just a starchy thickener. To do this, start by melting butter, salt and water together.
Transfer it from the hot pan to the bowl of a standing mixer to cool. The panade needs to cool before the eggs are added so they don't cook when they hit the hot dough!