A Buche De Noel -- French Yule Log Cake Recipe

A Buche De Noel -- French Yule Log Cake Recipe

Yield: 10 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:

ALMOND SPONGE SHEET
3: Egg yolks,
1/2 cup: Granulated sugar,
1 medium: Orange, grated rind & juice
3/4 cup: Almonds, blanched & ground
. with 3 Tbsp granulated,
. sugar,
1/4 tsp: Almond extract,
1/2 cup: Cake flour,
3: Egg whites,
3 tbsp: Granulated sugar,
Confectioners sugar, in a
. sifter,

MERINGUE BASE
3 large: Egg whites,
pn Salt,
1/4 tsp: Cream of tartar, scant
1 1/3 cup: Granulated sugar,

FILLING BASE
12 ounce: Semisweet bakers chocolate,
. melted with 1/3 cup,
. strong coffee,
1 tbsp: Vanilla extract,
3 tbsp: Dark Jamaican Rum,
4 tbsp: Butter, unsalted, softened

FILLING
4 tbsp: Butter, unsalted, softened

DECORATION
3 tbsp: Unsweetened cocoa, in a tea
. strainer,
Confectioners sugar, in a
. sifter,

SPUN CARAMEL VEIL
1 cup: Granulated sugar,
3 tbsp: White corn syrup,

Directions:

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUGGESTED

A jelly-roll pan about 11 by 17 inches; butter, wax paper, and flour
for the pan; an electric blender or food processor for the aImonds; a
table-model electric mixer for the meringue; a pastry bag with
3/8-inch tube opening and a separate tube with l/8-inch opening, for
the mushrooms; a buttered and floured no-stick pas try sheet for the
mushrooms; a serving board to hold the log plenty of wax paper; an
oiled broom handle suspended between 2 chair backs and newspapers on
the floor, for the caramel. ** For the directions, please see part #2
**


Source from luhu.jp