Christmas Yule Recipe

As the recipe suggests because there is less cake than in the traditional yule log this is a lighter alternative.

Christmas yule recipe. The lightness is also helped by the lack of chocolate ganache that being replaced with a drizzling of dark chocolate. This beautifully decorated cake is one of the first christmas recipes i found in a box of my mother old recipe boxes. Here are 14 yule log cake recipes to make this season. The yule log is an emblem of christmas and nothing feels more festive than decorating your holiday table with a yule log cake.

When making a yule log cake you ll start by making the chocolate cake. Baking pan with waxed paper. Lightly grease a 33x23cm 13x9in swiss roll tin and line with non stick paper or baking parchment pushing it into the corners. Yule log recipe bûche de noël french recipes desserts 1.

Place egg whites in large bowl. Buche de noel the traditional french word for the christmas yule log cake is a dessert i have made for our family for the last 30 years. Beat in chocolate and water until blended. Christmas salted caramel yule log 2 ratings 5 0 out of 5 star rating treat your christmas party guests to a salted caramel yule log or bûche de noël decorated with redcurrants.

In a bowl beat egg yolks sugar and vanilla on high until thick and lemon colored about 5 minutes. Grease the paper and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 f 2. How to make a yule log cake.

Scrape batter into pan and spread evenly. Prepare batter using genoise recipe for genoise cake. Preheat the oven to 200c 400f gas 6. Easier than it looks however when i rolled the cake it did start to break on the turn so it didn t actually roll.

It is definitely a christmas must have. If you ve ever made a pumpkin cake roll it s very similar but uses a larger pan size the larger size allows for you to later cut part of the log off and attach it to the side for a little branch. Grease parchment paper set aside the cake. Great yule log recipe.

Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Line a greased 15x10x1 in. Easy christmas yule log cake.