Servings: 8
Preparation time: 45 minutes Cooking Time: 12 minutesIngredients For the cake:
3/4 cup of Flour
2/3 cup of Granulated Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Cognac or Grand Marnier
5 Eggs
For the chocolate cream:
1/2 cup of Granulated Sugar
4 Eggs
2 oz of melted bitter sweet Chocolate
3 oz of melted Butter
And 6 oz of Jam (Marmelade or other jam you like)
Directions:
Normally, we offer very simple and fast French recipes for our readers.
This is slightly more difficult than the previous recipes we have published, but well worth it!
All children (and adults) in France look forward to the "Būche de Noel" at Christmas time.
For those who are not afraid of calories, you may double the recipe for the chocolate cream
and replace the orange marmalade with it. Please, plan at least fourty five minutes to prepare a Yule log.
Heat oven to 450°F. To make the cake, mix 5 egg yolks with sugar until the volume
doubles and the preparation becomes almost white (aprox. 10 minutes). The more you mix it, the better the cake will be.
It is very important to succeed in this phase.
Next, sift the flour (if possible to prevent lumps) and add to the egg mixture.
Beat until smooth and add one tablespoon of Cognac or Grand Marnier.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Carefully fold the beaten
egg whites into the mixture.
Prepare a large jelly roll pan or the hob provided with your oven (generally 18 by 15 inches)
by lining with well greased aluminum foil. Pour the mixture into the pan (or hob) and bake
it for 10 minutes at 450°F. When baked, immediately invert cake onto a humid towel that
you lay on your table and remove the foil. Let it cool for 20 minutes. Moisten the cake
with a mixture of one tablespoon of Cognac or Grand Marnier and three tablespoons
of water.
To prepare the chocolate cream, mix 4 egg yolks with sugar for 10 minutes.
Then add the bitter sweet chocolate you have melted and the butter.
Stir until smooth. Set aside.
Spread the cooled, moistened cake with the marmalade and roll it up slowly (like a rug.)
Ice the rolled cake with the chocolate and around use a fork to draw lines like a
real wood log. If you have the time and pleasure you can even decorate the log with
leaves made of green icing. Put in fridge for at least 6 hours before serving.
Enjoy!.
* Select high quality eggs as yolks used for the cream cannot be cooked.
