Buche De Noel (Yule Log)
By
Araxy Aykanian
@Araxlovebaking
15
It's very light,melt in your mouth, and easy to make it. I hope you enjoy baking and tasting as much as we do.
Merry Christmas to my cooking club friends!
Bon Appetit.
Thank you Jacque Pepin!
Ingredients
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3/4 csugar
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6 eggsroom temperature,separated
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1 1/4 ccake flour
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1/3 cwater
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspvanilla
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1 tspgrand marnier (liqueur)
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1/4 tspsalt
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CHOCOLATE FILLING FOR THE CAKE
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6 ozchocolate instant pudding & pie filling, follow direction on the package
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CHOCOLATE FROSTING: MELT CHOCOLATE ON A DOUBLE BROILER MIXED WITH BUTTER AND VANILLA
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6 ozsemi-sweet baking chocolate
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1 tspclarified butter
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
How to Make Buche De Noel (Yule Log)
- Run the tip of knife around the edges of the pan. Using a damp linen towel, sprinkled with powdered sugar, invert the cake onto a baking rack. When it is just cool enough to handle, start at long side and roll the cake, with the damp towel in cylinder. Cool the rolled cake to
room temperature. Unroll the cool cake slowly, carefully removing the towel.Evenly spread the cake with chocolate cream, starting from other end, pre-roll the filled cake into a "Log" - For tree stump, cut off 4 inch diagonal slice from one end of cake.Attack stump to one long side 1 table spoon frosting.Ice the cake log with remaining frosting using metal spatula. With tines of fork,make strokes in frosting to look like tree bark, dust with powder sugar to look like snow on log. Garnish serving platter with springs of evergreen.