There are just about a million ways to make the traditional log-shaped Christmas cake, a Bûche de Nöel, but they all have three main components: cake, filling, and frosting. (They actually have four ...

All this week I’ve been teaching Brittany, and you our viewers, how you can build a Buche De Noel. From the tiny decorations, to the major cake. The yule log is so close to being completed it’s ...

Pastry fiends know that with the arrival of Christmas so comes the arrival of Buche de Noel season, where all the French-inspired bakeries create luscious whipped cakes filled with flavored creams.

You can order a Buche de Noel, like this one from St. Honore Boulangerie. Or you can make one yourself at home. It takes time but is worth the effort for what Joan Harvey calls "an irresistible twirl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Created in France in the late nineteenth century, Bûche de Noël is a favorite Christmas delicacy: a rolled chocolate cake that is ...

Shame on you, Julia Child. Ready to venture into foreign territory -- baking from scratch -- I choose as my challenge that most French of holiday cakes, the Bûche de Noël. The Yule Log, with its ...

1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/gas mark 4). Lightly grease the bottom and sides of the half sheet pan. Line the bottom with parchment and lightly ...

For Paul and Marcia Masse, Christmas began in July. That's when their busy Berkeley bakery, Masse's, received its first call about a buche de Noel. Never mind that Christmas was still months away, or ...

The French don’t do Christmas cookies, but the French Christmas dessert known as a yule log (or bûche de Noël) has been around since the 19 th century. By now it is both a staple on French tables and ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Pastry Chef Jean Yves says he hates Christmas — making 10,000 holiday logs will do that to a man. Yves is the lauded chef and founder of Patisserie Lenox — a bakery with four ...