Medium
New Year's Eve
Bûche de Noël
French New Year's Yule log cake - chocolate sponge rolled with cream, decorated like a log. Elegant celebration dessert.
60
Total Minutes
10
Servings
Vegetarian
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
45 min
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
60 min
Total Time
Ingredients (10 items)
6.00
Eggs
separated
0.75 cup
Sugar
0.50 cup
Cocoa powder
0.25 cup
All-purpose flour
1.00 tsp
Vanilla extract
2.00 cups
Heavy cream
0.50 cup
Powdered sugar
8.00 oz
Dark chocolate
melted
0.25 cup
Butter
2.00 tbsp
Coffee liqueur
optional
Instructions (10 steps)
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line jelly roll pan with parchment.
2
Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until thick and pale.
5 minutes
3
Whip egg whites to stiff peaks with remaining sugar.
3 minutes
4
Fold cocoa and flour into yolks, then fold in whites.
5
Spread batter evenly in pan, bake 12-15 minutes.
13 minutes
6
Roll hot cake in towel, cool completely rolled.
30 minutes
7
Whip cream with powdered sugar until stiff.
3 minutes
8
Unroll cake, spread cream, re-roll without towel.
9
Mix melted chocolate with butter for ganache.
10
Frost log with ganache, create bark texture with fork. Chill 2 hours.
120 minutes