Bûche de Noël is the French name for a Christmas cake shaped like a log. This one is a heavenly flourless chocolate cake rolled with chocolate whipped cream and decorated with confectioners' sugar to resemble snow on a yule log. It doesn't just look beautiful — it tastes wonderful, too!
Ingredients
- heavy cream: 2 cups
- confectioners' sugar: 0.5 cup
- unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.5 cup
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- egg yolks: 6 piece
- white sugar: 0.5 cup
- unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.33333 cup
- ½ teaspoons vanilla extract: 1 piece
- salt: 0.125 tsp
- egg whites: 6 piece
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- confectioners' sugar for dusting:
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whip cream, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup cocoa, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until thick and stiff. Refrigerate. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until pale in color, light and frothy. Blend in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and salt. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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In large glass bowl, using clean beaters, whip egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, and beat until whites form stiff peaks. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Immediately fold the yolk mixture into the whites. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cake springs back when lightly touched.
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Dust a clean dishtowel with confectioners' sugar. Run a knife around the edge of the pan, and turn the warm cake out onto the towel. Remove and discard parchment paper. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Starting at the short edge of the cake, roll the cake up with the towel. Cool for 30 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Unroll the cake, and spread the filling to within 1 inch of the edge. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Roll the cake up with the filling inside. Place seam side down onto a serving plate, and refrigerate until serving. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Enjoy! DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS