Cooking Recipe A Buche De Noel -- French Yule Log Cake
Recipe Ingredients
ALMOND SPONGE SHEET
3
Egg yolks
1/2 c
Granulated sugar
1 md
Orange; grated rind & juice
3/4 c
Almonds; blanched & ground
. with 3 Tbsp granulated
. sugar
1/4 ts
Almond extract
1/2 c
Cake flour
3
Egg whites
3 tb
Granulated sugar
Confectioner's sugar; in a
. sifter
ERINGUE BASE
3 lg
Egg whites
pn
Salt
1/4 ts
Cream of tartar; scant
1 1/3 c
Granulated sugar
FILLING BASE
12 oz
Semisweet baker's chocolate
. melted with 1/3 cup
. strong coffee
1 tb
Vanilla extract
3 tb
Dark Jamaican Rum
4 tb
Butter; unsalted, softened
FILLING
4 tb
Butter; unsalted, softened
DECORATION
3 tb
Unsweetened cocoa; in a tea
. strainer
Confectioner's sugar; in a
. sifter
SPUN CARAMEL VEIL
1 c
Granulated sugar
3 tb
White corn syrup
Directions
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUGGESTED
A jelly-roll pan about 11 by 17 inches; butter, wax paper, and flour
for the pan; an electric blender or food processor for the aImonds; a
table-model electric mixer for the meringue; a pastry bag with
3/8-inch tube opening and a separate tube with l/8-inch opening, for
the mushrooms; a buttered and floured no-stick pas try sheet for the
mushrooms; a serving board to hold the log plenty of wax paper; an
oiled broom handle suspended between 2 chair backs and newspapers on
the floor, for the caramel. ** For the directions, please see part #2
**