Buche de Noel

[louiselux]

Fired up by memories of Antique Bakery, I'm going to have a go at making this Buche de Noel. Aka chocolate log.

Getting a 'wood-like effect' using cream and melted chocolate sounds difficult though, and I'm not entirely convinced by Delia's efforts in the picture shown. Doesn't it look like it has the potential for messy disaster?

This one looks extremely log-like - I like the presentation.

This one is a bit frightening, but it has fake mushrooms. Hmmm.

This one is more sophistamacated - but not very log like.

Comments

[chomiji]

You can decorate it with these guys! I made them once long ago - they look great and are very tasty.

Also, be sure to follow Ono-sensei's tip about brushing the cake with the sugar syrup as you roll it up to keep it from breaking. One rainy day at the beach this past summer, the Young Lady and her best friend made us a jelly roll using that method. It was still a bit messy, but it didn't break.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oh cool! They look great, I'm going to give them a try unless I find an easier method. I was considering making marzipan ones, although I'm not sure how I'd colour them. Hmmm.