#buche-de-noel

#buche-de-noel

I would love to know which ancient Christmas wizard took a puff of Chronic and invented the bûche de Noël, the iconic dessert log that likely originated in medieval France and exploded in popularity in Europe during the Victorian era, which also tracks (that's when folks were creative hobby-maxxing with seances and hair jewelry). Next to a lamb-shaped, coconut flake Easter cake, I can't think of a holiday dessert that creates such a symphony of texture and flavor;

In each step of this You Can Do This series about making a bûche de Noël from scratch, we've walked you through the steps for baking (and then rolling) the perfect vanilla chiffon cake, whipping up the easiest buttercream, and piping cute little decorative meringue mushrooms. And now comes the fun part - putting it all together into a yule log.