Ingredients
- For the cake:
- 4 large eggs, yolks and whites separated, room temperature
- ½ cup plus ⅓ cup granulated sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- Small pinch of salt
- ⅓ cup strong brewed coffee
- 8 ounces dark chocolate (60 %)
- powdered sugar
- For the filling:
- 1 cup whipping cream, cold
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- For the bark:
- 6 ounces dark chocolate (60%)
- 1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar (optional)
Recipe Description
The Yule log (also known as a bûche de Noël in France and Canada) is a traditional dessert served around the Christmas holiday. Chocolate cake with a whipped cream filling is rolled and decorated with chocolate bark for a very festive treat.
My favorite subject in school was home economics and cooking day was the day I looked forward to the most. At Christmas we always made a themed dish and the first Christmas #recipe I made was a Yule log. I remember thinking how proud I was of myself at my masterpiece and when I brought it home my mother displayed it proudly as the centerpiece for the Christmas dinner table.
