Souffleis first noted to have been made in France in the mid-18th century. The first recorded recipe of this dish was made in the year 1742 in Vincent La Chapelle's, Le Cuisinier Moderne. By 1841, souffle recipesbecame popular, especially with a lot of technicalities and details going into the making of the dish. Careme’s Patissier Royal Parisien went to great lengths to minimize the chances of the fluffed up souffle from collapsing.