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Bûche de Noël, (Yule Log) Recipe

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For The Cake:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
⅓ cup flour
½ tsp. baking powder
14 Oreo cookies, crushed into fine crumbs, (I use the food processor)
5 eggs, separated, room temperature
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3-4 TBSP confectioners sugar for rolling in a towel to keep from sticking
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 350º. Grease jelly roll pan 10½ X 15 X 1" and line with foil, (in one piece). Lightly grease foil. Sift flour and baking powder into medium bowl. Add cookie crumbs. Set aside. Beat egg yolks with sugar at medium speed in a large bowl or mixer till blended. Stir in vanilla. Set aside.

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of cookie crumb mixture into yolk mixture then fold in 1/3 of egg whites. Repeat until all is used. Fold in whites carefully so as not to deflate air.

Spread batter gently into prepared pan. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle a kitchen towel with the confectioners sugar. Put cake pan upside down on the towel. Remove pan carefully. Then carefully peel the foil off the cake. Roll cake gently in towel and cool on a rack 1/2 hour. (Continued on next page).
 

For The Filling:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup slivered almonds toasted, (optional - I don't use)
1/4 tsp. almond extract
Directions:
Directions:
Whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Carefully stir in almond extract. Refrigerate until ready to fill the cake.
 

For the Frosting:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
3 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg yolk
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Directions:
Directions:
Whip the cream in a bowl until stiff peaks form. Combine brown sugar, cream cheese, vanilla in a separate large bowl and beat. Add yolk and beat until fluffy. Stir in melted chocolate. Fold in whipped cream. Chill 2 hours or overnight.

For the Assembly, unroll cake. Remove towel. Spread filling evenly to within 1/2 of edges. Gently re-roll cake. Transfer to serving platter. Spread frosting over tops and sides. Make log-like marks with fork tines. Refrigerate until serving time.
Garnish with Meringue Mushrooms if desired, (recipe in the Holiday section of this book). Do not put the Meringue Mushrooms on until just before serving, as they will lose their crispness.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8-10
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I make this every Christmas. For a larger group, I make 2 of them. One year, the cakes were being stored in Beebee's garage until serving time to keep cool because there was no room in the refrigerator. A rolled up rug accidentally got thrown on top of them. We ate the Yule Logs anyway because it was Christmas - and tradition! And they were still delicious.

 

 

 

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