Decorated Yule Log Cake

If the chocolate has become too soft then pop the cake into the fridge for 10 minutes to harden it up again.

Decorated yule log cake. Serve this holiday worthy dessert as a spectacular end to your christmas day celebrations. Yule log cake recipe buche de noel recipe yummy tummy. The original yule log was an actual tree burned on the household s hearth around the time of the winter solstice.

Begin by glazing the cakes with a chocolate glasage. I put my own spin on this traditional recipe by filling it with cream cheese and decorating it with sugared cranberries and rosemary stems. 9 yellow sponge cake rolled with hazelnut buttercream and frosted in chocolate fudge.

It s basically a chocolate sponge cake roll that s filled with cream and covered with chocolate ganache and made to look like a log. My recipe starts with a cocoa flavored sponge cake that we ll fill with cocoa hazelnut whipped cream. Our version is a bit fancier covered in ivory tinted icing and decorated with icing roses carnations pine and holly.

The spruce elaine lemm. A yule log cake also known as a bûche de noël is a cake made based on that old tradition. Not gonna lie a homemade buche de noel is a labor of love.

By now your cake will be starting to look like a proper chocolate log. Made of sponge cake to resemble a miniature actual yule log it is a form of sweet roulade. A yule log or bûche de noël is a traditional dessert served near christmas especially in belgium france lebanon quebec and several former french colonies.

Fortunately for us we won t burn it we ll eat it. It originated in france and is now popular in many european countries and other parts of the world. Make the glazing thin for maximum coverage.