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A pièce montée (from French, literally "assembled piece" or "mounted piece") is a kind of decorative confectionery
centerpiece in an architectural or sculptural form used for formal banquets and made of
materials such as confectioner's paste, nougat, marzipan, and spun sugar.
Although the ingredients are typically edible, their purpose is purely decorative, and they are often not really meant to be consumed.
The term pièce montée is sometimes used to refer to the dessert also known as croquembouche, an assemblage of cream puffs (or occasionally other kinds of candy or pastry) stuck together with caramel or spun sugar into a tall, usually conical shape.
Unlike the type of pièce montée described above, it is meant to be eaten. It is traditionally served at parties celebrating weddings and baptisms in France.