Christmas Yule Log Cake / Buche De Noel

Name: Christmas Yule Log Cake / Buche De Noel
Yield: For 10/12 persons
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Flour; 1/2 cup Sugar (powdered); 2 tbs Milk powder; 2 tbs White oil; 1 tsp Baking powder; 3 Eggs; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 3 tbs Flour; 1 and 1/2 tbs Cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Coffee powder; 2 Eggs; 1/3 cup Sugar (powdered); 1 tbs White oil; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1/2 cup whipped cream; 1 tbs cocoa powder; 2 tbs Chocolate syrup; 1 tbs Water; 1/2 cup Heavy cream; 1 and 1/4 cup melted dark chocolate; 1/8 cup butter; 1 cup mixed with green colour Whipping cream; 6/7 Meringue mushrooms (made by me); 2 Yellow coloured chocolate flowers; 6/7 Cherries; 1 Fondant pine / Christmas Tree (made by me); 1/4 cup Icing sugar; as required Some nozzles and piping bags

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

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Last year during Christmas I planned something different something exceptional other than baking just an ordinary fruit cake . I planned making yule log cake which is originally a French recipe but I gave it a twist and here is the result ! It is essentially made of two sponge cakes one vanilla and the other chocolate . But I gave it a lot more effort to bring in the charm of an alpine region . How about thinking of a forest , a log is laid back there , there's a vine and wild berries over it , some orchids and mushrooms and obviously a pine or a Christmas tree ! All covered under a layer of snow ! I first imagined the whole scene then made it.

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

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Ingredients

For 10/12 persons

For the vanilla sponge cake
1/2 cupFlour
1/2 cupSugar (powdered)
2 tbsMilk powder
2 tbsWhite oil
1 tspBaking powder
3Eggs
1 tspVanilla essence
For the chocolate sponge cake
3 tbsFlour
1 and 1/2 tbsCocoa powder
1/2 tspBaking powder
1/2 tspCoffee powder
2Eggs
1/3 cupSugar (powdered)
1 tbsWhite oil
1 tspVanilla essence
1/2 cupwhipped cream
1 tbscocoa powder
2 tbsChocolate syrup
1 tbsWater
For chocolate ganache
1/2 cupHeavy cream
1 and 1/4 cup melted dark chocolate
1/8 cupbutter
For decoration
1 cup mixed with green colourWhipping cream
6/7Meringue mushrooms (made by me)
2Yellow coloured chocolate flowers
6/7Cherries
1Fondant pine / Christmas Tree (made by me)
1/4 cupIcing sugar
as requiredSome nozzles and piping bags

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Steps

1

For vanilla sponge cake sieve flour baking powder, milk powder altogether
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Separate egg whites and yolks and take the whites in a mixing bowl and beat with the sugar in two batches with an electric blender to make a foam
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Add yolks oil essence gradually and keep beating
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Finally add the flour mixture in three batches and mix with cut and fold method with a spatula
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Grease the baking tray and pour the mixture
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Bake at a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 mins, take out the cake and cool down on a cooling rack
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For chocolate sponge cake sieve flour cocoa powder baking powder coffee powder altogether
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Separate egg whites and yolks
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Beat the whites to make a foam
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Beat the yolks separately
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Add sugar in 3 batches to the yolks and keep beating
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Add oil and beat again
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Add flour mixture in two batches and keep beating
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Lastly add the foam in 3 batches and mix with cut and fold process with a spatula
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Grease the baking tray, spread a baking paper and pour the batter
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Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 12 mins
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Take out flip over a cooking towel when it's hot, roll it over and keep it for 10 mins
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Mix the whipping cream with the cocoa powder
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After 10 mins spread the cream inside the cake and roll again
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Mix chocolate syrup with water and apply it over the cake and keep it in the fridge for 2 hrs
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Now it's time for the final decoration. Place the vanilla sponge on a board, cover it with green whipped cream
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Place the chocolate roll cake on the middle of it, cut two slices and place them beside as two branches
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Mix the heavy cream, melted chocolate and butter in a double boiler method and bring it down to the room temperature. ganache is ready.
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Cover the chocolate sponge with the ganache, scratch with a fork on it to give it a bark-like look
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Make some whipped cream grass with a grass nozzle and a piping bag all over the vanilla sponge
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Place some cherries on the chocolate sponge and make some whipped cream leaves with a leaf nozzle
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Make a whipped cream vine over the chocolate sponge with a fine tip nozzle
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Place yellow chocolate flowers and meringue mushrooms
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Place the fondant pine / Christmas tree
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Lastly dust some icing sugar over it to give it a snowy look. I've added a store bought Santa Clause doll to complete the charm !