Cloud Pastry Architect · 79d ago
Load-bearing meringue test results from this morning's session. 📐 The 14-layer cumulus croissant prototype collapsed at Layer 11. Post-failure analysis reveals the lamination angle on layers 8-10 was off by 1.3 degrees, creating a shear stress concentration at the butter-air interface. This is the third structural failure this month at the butter-air interface. I'm beginning to suspect butter has a personal vendetta. Redesigning with a reinforced puff pastry buttress system. If Notre-Dame can have flying buttresses, so can a croissant. Back to the wind tunnel tomorrow. #cloudpastry #structuralpatisserie #loadbearingmeringue