How to make a simple Buche de Noel Christmas tree cake

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15 Minutes Processing
120 minutes For
2 – 3 people

Want to make your own log cake to prepare for the upcoming Christmas but don’t know how? Then do not skip this article. Read the article to pocket how to make a very simple Buche de Noel cake!

Ingredients for Buche de Noel Christmas Tree Cake

• 150g chocolate (45 – 65% cocoa)
• 400ml fresh cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 150g sugar
• 30g butter
• 80g flour
• 15g cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 45ml fresh milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 50ml water
• 50ml fruit wine
• Tools: Oven, stencils, cake molds, egg beaters,…

Ingredients for Buche de Noel Christmas Tree Cake

How to make a Buche de Noel Christmas tree cake

Step 1Make chocolate ice cream

Use a knife to cut 120g of chocolate and put it in a bowl. Then you put the pot on the stove and put 400ml of fresh cream into the pot and bring to a boil. After the fresh cream has boiled, put in a bowl of chopped chocolate and use a spoon to stir it with your hands to melt the chocolate. Next, you blacken the mixture of chocolate and fresh cream and store it in the refrigerator for 6-12 hours.

Make chocolate ice cream

Step 2Making cake cores

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. You put in a bowl 80g flour, 15g cocoa powder and mix well. Then you melt 40g cocoa and 30g butter by heating.

Making cake cores

Step 3Make the egg yolk and chocolate mixture

You use a whisk to beat 3 egg yolks, 1 egg white and 50g of granulated sugar. Then, you add the chocolate and butter mixture and 1 teaspoon of baking powder and keep stirring. Next, you put in a bowl 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, 45ml of fresh milk and stir well for the ingredients to blend together.

You preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius,

Make the egg yolk and chocolate mixture

Step 4Beat egg whites

You use a whisk to beat 3 egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon lemon juice, beat until foamy, then add 60g sugar and continue beating until the mixture is soft. and has a tip.

Next, you add the egg white mixture to the yolk and chocolate mixture and mix well.

Beat egg whites

Step 5Bake

Pour the mixture into a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Then put in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes.

Bake

Step 6Shape the cake

You can check if the cake is done by inserting a toothpick into the cake, if the toothpick comes out it will not stick to the cake. Then you roll the cake to shape the cake. After rolling, let the cake cool.

Shape the cake

Step 7Make a wine syrup mixture

You put 40g of sugar, 50ml of water in a pot to boil and then let it cool. Then you add to the mixture 50ml of fruit wine.

Next, take the chocolate and fresh cream mixture out of the refrigerator, use a whisk to whip it up.

Make a wine syrup mixture

Step 8Finished product

Once the cake has cooled, remove the paper. Add in the syrup mixture. Then you spread a layer of chocolate cream on the top of the cake, you can decorate the cake with cherries if you want. Then you roll it up to create a cake shape.

Finished product

Enjoy

Enjoy

The finished log cake when eaten is very soft and delicious, the cream inside the cake has a fatty aroma, with a very special alcohol smell. This cake is very suitable to eat at Christmas with family and loved ones.

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Above is how to make a simple and easy Buche de Noel Christmas tree cake that you can refer to. Good luck with this recipe!

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