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Buche de Noel - Yule Log Cake
Buche de Noel - Yule Log Cake
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Not sure what Christmas dessert to make yet? Try this wonderful tender sponge cake filled with mascarpone whipped cream, and covered with a chocolate ganache. It's a homemade festive cake made from scratch. When serving it, your guests will be amazed of your wonderful artwork.

Ingredient List for 12 servings:
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40 gr Cacao powder
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100 gr Flour
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1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
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1 teaspoon Baking powder
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0.5 teaspoon Salt
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4 Eggs
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150 gr Sugar
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60 gr Butter
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70 gr Creme fraiche

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300 ml Heavy cream
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225 gr Mascarpone cheese
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1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
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80 gr Icing sugar
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80 gr Sugar
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1 pinch Salt

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200 gr Milk chocolate
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ml Heavy cream 200

Oven temperature:
175 degrees Celsius
Instructions:
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Preheat the oven at 175 degrees Celsius.
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Place a baking paper on a baking sheet.
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In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder, cacao powder and salt together.
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Separate the egg yellows and the egg whites in two different bowls.
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With an electrical mixer whisk the egg yellows together with the sugar.
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Melt the butter and add in the egg yellow mixture.
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Add creme fraiche and vanilla sugar and mix well.
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With an electrical mixer whip the egg whites to a hard foam.
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Add 1/3 of the egg white foam to the batter and fold gently in the batter.
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Add the rest of the egg white foam and fold gently together until well combined.
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Spread evenly on the baking paper.
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Place in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes.
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Take out the cake and transfer the paper on to the counter.
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Make a roll by folding the cake from the short end, with the paper still on.
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Let it cool down.
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Time to make the filling. In a big bowl whip the cream together with the vanilla sugar icing sugar and salt.
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Add the mascarpone cheese and continue whipping until stiff peaks forms.
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Unroll the cake bottom and spread evenly the filling on it.
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Reroll gently (without the paper) the cake together again.
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Cover with plastic foil and place cold for minimum 1 hour.
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Time to make the topping. Break the chocolate in pieces and place in a bowl.
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Heat up the heavy cream and pour over the chocolate. Do not mix together.
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Let it rest 5 minutes.
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Stir the cream and chocolate together and let it become room temperature.
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Whip together to a foam by using an electrical mixer.
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Take away the plastic foil from the cake and place on the plate you want to serve the cake on.
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Cut away a piece from one of the edges, and place it one of the sides of the cake.
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Spread evenly the topping all over the cake.
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With a fork make lines from one side to the other all over the cake.
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Time to decorate the cake.
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Place cold until it's time to serve.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from France
The Christmas cookies called bredele are small and sweet delicacies from the region Alsace in France. They are small dry cookies and every cookie sort has its own special taste. You can find hundreds of different sorts of bredeles and new sorts are produced each year. This particular bredele has a taste of hazelnuts, almond, citron and clove.
These small cookies will make you happy any time, and can be served for any occasions. They are both fun and super easy do, so you don't need to be a baking expert. They are a big hit at kids birthday parties.
A French cheese cake from the region Alsace where the cake is called käsküeche. The bottom is made like a pie bottom and not like the usual cheese cake bottom with biscuits crumbles. It is big, fluffy, and less sweet than the American or English versions. You can add some citron peel in the cake to have a different taste.
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