I made two of these cakes using this recipe. Here are my thoughts (just writing this because I was looking for someone in the comments section that made it). The frosting was a little too salty for me, I made it over without the salt and it was the bees knees! Stabilize the whipped cream with some gelatin if you’re making it ahead of time so it doesn’t collapse. If you do not like dry cake try brushing it with a syrup, I think a raspberry sauce would be out of this world! I think it dried out my cake more leaving it in the tea towel over night, if you decide to make it ahead like I did you might want to wrap it in cling wrap after it cools. Mine lasted assembled in the fridge for 2 days since I stabilized the whip. Thank you for the recipe, it was a hit!
I haven't made his recipe but when I make these ahead of time I do stabilize the whipped cream with gelatin or more cream of tartar. I assemble the filling in the sponge and leave it wrapped in cling film until I want to decorate it. Making a coffee frosting is great to counter the sweetness (if made for adults. No one needs a child strung out on caffeine). I make a pumpkin roll for fall- cream cheese filling and spiced frosting, this for Christmas, and a fruit one in the spring-add jam in the whipped cream or layer it with a swiss meringue buttercream frosting. For the other rolls I do not cut the extra bit to make a branch. You can change the fillings and frosting to suit the cake. Edible flowers are amazing for spring decorations.
No way 😳, 3 days ago, I was looking for Buche de Noel recipe on RU-vid using this key " buche de Noel preppy kitchen" I was kinda disappointed because couldn't find one in your channel and I didn't trust other youtubers recipes 🤷♀️...you made my day john 🥺🥺🥺 thank youuuuuu 🙏🙏
This is so cool! For anyone wondering, this type of cake is actually called a chiffon cake, which doesn’t have any leaveners and uses meringue instead. Just a little science for ya :)
I made this yesterday for my son, Lincoln's first birthday. We did a Lincoln Log birthday party theme. I hadn't found this video until I had already done a different cake recipe but didn't want to use their marcsopone filling and landed here. LOVED the instructions on how to fill and roll the cake. Loved the frosting so much and got so many compliments on the cake!
I'm finally going to make this. I've made many a cake rolls but never a Buche De Noel. I've got a tip for those who might be afraid/nervous to flip the sponge onto the towel. Instead of sprinkling the powdered sugar on the towel dust it onto your sponge as soon as you take it out of the oven. Then use a big enough board (I use my extra large cutting board) with the tee towel on it and invert the sponge. Peel off your parchment paper, dust some more powdered sugar just as John did onto the sponge then get to rolling. I've always hated flipping that hot sponge onto the towel, burning my fingers and having powdered sugar flying everywhere so I decided to give this a try. Works like a charm every time 👍
Tammie~ cool tips! When I first read your post... I thought... 🤔 .. "dust the powdered sugar onto my sponge --> 🧽?" But I re-read it and DOH!!!.. 😆 LOL!! I've always wanted to make a cake roll, but then I overthink the rolling part and wind up baking something else. I'm going to give it a try for Christmas! Great video & great "Tammie Tips"!
@@bearpawz_ LOL!! Thanks for the laugh. When I wrote it I re-read it 3 times hoping I was making sense, lol. When I made my 1st one I felt the same way but what had me more intimated was the burning aspect. Can't tell you how many rolls I made that "old" way before the ligh bulb turned on 😄 I really hope you give it a try. I promise. You will be successful. Please come back to share your experience/success story. Happy baking... 😉
I made this cake last year and it was a HIT!!! I’m making it again for this years Yule holiday. Gonna go to the store and buy my ingredients, I just wish I had 2 ovens to make the mushrooms and the cake at the same time. But oh well. I’ll make the cake first and then the mushrooms second.
Your mother is a gem. Making this for your birthday is a lovely gift. I feel guilty because I never showed this to my sons so that they never got the idea for this.
I used to bake and make pastries professionally but that was 30 years ago. I refreshed my memory on buche de noel with your video. love your video and your recipe!
Since I was 12 years old I have wanted to make one of these. I saw one for the first time in my mom's McCall's magazine. 43 years later my 15 year old niece and I will make one for the first time, on Christmas eve, at my dad's house. I believe my mother's spirit may join us in the kitchen.
just made this, well the cake anyway. my parents are very excited and it smells delicious. they even snuck tastes of the batter and said it was great. very excited to see how it comes out once its decorated. thank you!!
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This was worth the time and effort. The chocolate consistency and flavour was beyond words. I nearby declare that the Yule log shall be a spring, summer, and autumn tradition too.
I followed this recipe for Christmas this year!! My mom always struggled and fought with these while I was growing up so I was super intimidated... but the tips on your website were super helpful and it looked and tasted perfect!!
I made this for the first time today. Our family is having a “Great British Bake-off” showstopper contest for Christmas Eve dinner. I hope I win with my Yule log! Thank you for a wonderful recipe. I wish I could figure out how to post a photo of mine. It turned out great!!!
i just made this for my birthday. i work for a tree removal company and a coworker had a birthday close to mine. i didn’t do the mushrooms, used ice cream for the filling, and i made chocolate whipped cream for the outside. i made a chainsaw to go on it though. i used my whipping cream carton and some cardboard to make it with a tin foil chain. i loved the lighter sweetness of the whipped cream.
I made the cake as per the instructions and it turned out super great. The mushrooms were perfect and the kids absolutely loved it...thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe 😊
you are not just talented , john .. you are a magician !! may the spirit of this holiday season be with you and your family! ! Thank you so much for sharing this special Christmas cake . God bless and stay safe .
I love these. I usually make a simple cocoa sponge cake,(ribbon method 😉), whipped cream filling and fudge, buttercream or ganache frosting; (and usually skip the meringues, because 🤫one of the reasons why I love this is because it's relatively quick to make.) Your meringue mushrooms are cute though.
I love Yule logs! Thank you for makthis video! I made a German chocolate Yule log for Christmas last year & even made the pecan/coconut frosting for the middle. It was so good!
My 11th grader mentioned she wanted to make a Yule log for extra credit and she loved this! Hers looked great and was the best one!!! Love your channel! Thanks for all your hard work!
I will be trying this for my family dinner this Christmas. My mother is the master at making these with ice cream so here’s to hoping I can master this alternative! 💜
Like others, our first attempt at a Buche de Noel was a disaster. We found this video and as a result our second effort worked out really well. This was informative and easy to follow. Thanks so much!
I made one of these last year for a holiday party and this year multiple people requested it again!! The little mushrooms are so cute, and are a huge hit! Thank you John!!
Made this and it was delicious and cool lookin my husband loves it... says it's now his favorite cake....can't wait to make it again even though I still have a lot
I am SO glad to see your confectioner's sugar-dusted counter! One side of my counter looks like a dust storm hit, thanks to the cocoa powder. The other side looks like a snow squall struck. I overdid the "dusting" of the surfaces and when I flopped the cake onto the dusted towel, a fine cloud of confectioner's sugar drifted off the counter! Funny! Good thing I'm enjoying this process and I have your video near (away from cocoa powder and sugar) to make sure I'm doing it right!
Hi John, My nephew and I made the Yule log for Christmas and it was the show stopper. We substituted the filling with mascarpone, cream cheese and sugar filling and since the stores ran out of cranberries, I ended up using raspberries. Would love to send you the pictures but dunno how to upload them here on RU-vid. Absolutely fantastic recipe and idea. Very creative and inspiring indeed!
You know, so I live in France, and while I do see bûche de Noël like this in super markets and bakeries, , I have yet to see it on an actual French person's Christmas table. Wanna know what I do see? Bûche glacée!!! Ice cream!!!! Mousse!!!! Sorbet!!! Tropical flavors!!!!! I'm not joking 😂😂😂 this will be my 4 time spending Christmas in France and I'm still weirded out by it 😂😂😂😂
Used a different cake recipe but followed your recipe for the icing, whipped cream, and rolling method and it worked really well!!! Accidentally used dark coca powder and would probably not recommend doing that but otherwise it turned out beautiful!
I made this for New Year’s Eve and it turned out so good! I’ve always been afraid to make this but your simplified instructions made it such a easy process. So thank you!
I’m planning to do the same. I plan to add some finely crushed candy cane, a few drops of peppermint oil in place of the vanilla and some optional red food coloring (paste or gel) into the whipped cream mixture.
I was avoiding looking at this recipe, but it doesn't look as difficult as I thought it was going to. Just getting out of a bout of illness, so I think maybe I will make this for the family tomorrow Christmas Day! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. My first attempt at a Yule log (with a different recipe) ended in disaster. I wasn't giving up, and fortunately I found this video. The cake is beautiful and delicious. It is so much easier to accomplish when you can watch someone go through the process. I look forward to more of your recipes. Merry Christmas!
My daughter's birthday is this 23rd, basically a Xmas baby, here in Denmark we bake for celebrations a kagemand (translated is "man-cake" lol it looks like a giant gingerbread man!) but this year I'll go with this log instead bc it is all made of chocolate and it's beautiful. Thank you so much for this recipe, I'll bake it tomorrow, love the added little mushrooms haha.
great simple recipe! I used a bit of coffee and dark cocoa for depth in the frosting, but the cake was a perfect spongey texture long after baking! Made the day ahead and the added the 3 tbsp of oil, it was a life-saver :)
Followed your directions to the T and it turned out perfect ❤ Thanks for the easy to follow (for us very novice) bakers. Much appreciated. Merry Christmas 🎄
I make a chocolate yule log every year for the holidays, and every year I try a different recipe in search of the best one, and this one takes the cake! (Pun intended). The frosting goes well with the cake, and the filling is the perfect balance between the chocolate. The only change I made is I used dutch-processed cocoa power, which makes the cake much more rich and adds a coffee like flavor! Thank you for this recipe, and happy holidays 🎄❤
if you're not feeling like cleaning a stand mixer's bowl in between steps (I assume most of us have one), I would recommend hand mixer for the yolk part
I’m going to make this tomorrow xxxx Merry Christmas John your two boys must be getting excited, happy times my three children are all grown up with children of there own xxx
Just made this for New Year's for the family. Great recipe! Suggested improvement: moisten the sponge cake with latte before assembling. The coffee brings out the chocolate flavour.
Looks amazing. I cheat with my Yule log. There’s a really good bakery nearby that makes the most amazing cream rolls year round. I buy 2 so that it’s long enough, cut the branch bit and decorate like normal 🤫
I love you!!!!!😍😘This is my favorite Christmas pastry of all time!!!🌲❄️⛄😊🍝Thanks for putting in all that special effort to make this. You are so wonderful and AWESOME!!♥️
I just made this yule log following your exact recipe for a Christmas party. It came out perfect! I hope to make it every Christmas. Thank you for sharing your talent for baking!
