Bûche de Noël ( Yule Log Cake): 4 Secrets To Bake This French Christmas Tradition At Home

Get ready to ring the bells, sing Christmas carols, and enjoy yummy yule log cake. It's perfect way to celebrate this festival of hopes and tradition. Yule log cake is one of those Christmas traditions that has history since medieval times. But, it's not easy to bake this perfect delight as it involves lot of wrapping.

You can't bake it correct if you don't know the basics. Don't worry, we have got you covered all the basics of traditional Bûche de Noël cake.

Basics Of French Christmas Tradition " Yule Log Cake"

So, you will find it quite intimidating and may make mistakes. Don't worry just use the right equipment and follow the instructions correctly. It would take a lot of time so don't bake it in rush.

Here's the four steps described in detail so that you don't go wrong anywhere.

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4 Steps To Bake Yule Log Cake

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Shape The Cake

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Ingredients:

• Butter- half cup
• vanilla extract- 1 tsp
• Powdered sugar- 1 and a half cup
• Cocoa powder- 5 tbsp
• Heavy cream- 3 tbsp
• Chocolate curls and cranberries

Beat the butter and then dry ingredients. Later add the remaining ingredients like cream and vanilla.

Spread the frosting on the yule log cake and give it the real texture of log using a fork. Garnish with cranberries and chocolate curls. Dust with sugar and it's done.

Surprise everyone with this Christmas delight and enjoy it together. You can even bake this cake one week ahead of Christmas eve and decorate freshly at the time of celebration.

Bake It Right and keep the tradition alive !!!