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Bµche N⍥el - Yule Log

12/21/2020

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Buche de Noel is basically a Roulade that you make to look like a log in the forest at Christmas time. It consists of a light egg sponge (usually chocolate because logs are brown) and filled with the mouse or pudding flavor of choice. It's then rolled up with a spiral of goodness inside. You top it with frosting or chocolate and decorate it like a fallen log on a winter journey to a friend's house. It's fairly simple to make, it just requires 3 things. A thin egg cake, a pudding or mouse and chocolate decorations.The following is my simplified version. It was really fun to eat and give to friends, as I made 3!

​This one is grain and dairy free!
Pudding Spiral:
2 cup Macadamia nut milk (vanilla)
1 Egg
1/3 cup Rice flour
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
2/3 cup Dark Chocolate chips
4 drops stevia
1/3 cup Agave, Honey or coconut sugar
2 Tbs. Cocoa powder (dutch process)
Optional: Peppermint extract 6 drops
Sponge:
6 Egg whites
6 Egg yolks
1/2 cup Coconut sugar
1/3 cup Cocoa powder
2 tsp. Vanilla
4 drops Stevia
1/4 tsp. Salt
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​Little oil for parchment paper baking
Decoration suggestions: Chocolate chips, marshmallows, peanuts, rosemary sprigs, powdered sugar.... have fun!

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Make the pudding first as it needs to cool. Prebake Oven to 375.

Whisk all the ingredients over low heat until it becomes pudding thick. Place in a bowl and put in the fridge to cool. stir occasionally if you like to not let a skin form. No big deal if it does though. There's plenty of pudding left over. In fact you could make 2 logs with this amount of filling. (Nice to have pudding around for a snack with fresh fruit). 
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Separate your yokes and whites. Whisk your whites until soft peaks form. 
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Then add the coconut sugar slowly until you have nice firm peaks. Set aside or in fridge while you make the yokes mixture. 
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Mix the rest of the song ingredients together:
6 Egg yolks
1/3 cup Cocoa powder
2 tsp. Vanilla
4 drops Stevia
1/4 tsp. Salt

​And then fold into the egg white mixture gently, as to not disturb too much of the air you just whipped into it.
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Spread the sponge onto the oiled parchment paper on a cookie sheet so it's a thin layer. 

Bake one 375 for 12-15 min till it's cooked and springy. 
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Dust a tea towel with powdered sugar or coconut sugar. Tip the cake upside-down onto the towel and peel off the parchment paper. Roll it either lengthwise if you want 2 thin logs or widthwise if you would like a thick short roll with lots of spiral inside. 

Set aside for 30 min or so till cool. 
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Once the cake and the pudding are cooled. spread pudding over the cake leaving a border. Then roll up in the same way you did without the pudding inside. 
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this picture is the short one, so you can see there isn't much spiral but it does make for 2 logs and is still delicious! 

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Melt some chocolate chips and cover the log. Make bark-like indents so it looks like a fallen tree. You can also cover marshmallows or nuts with the chocolate for ground cover and texture. I used peanuts and coconut sugar for earth and sprigs of greens and rosemary for that outdoor feel.

Finally dust with powdered sugar for a snowy effect if you like. 
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    Mici is the owner of Wholesome Goodness.

    These recipes are focused on wholesome ingredients from the garden or farm with very little sweet if any. They are gluten or grain free and organic, grass-fed or pasture raised.

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