 | 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 Little oil for parchment paper baking |
Decoration suggestions: Chocolate chips, marshmallows, peanuts, rosemary sprigs, powdered sugar.... have fun!
 | 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). |
 | Separate your yokes and whites. Whisk your whites until soft peaks form. |
 | Then add the coconut sugar slowly until you have nice firm peaks. Set aside or in fridge while you make the yokes mixture. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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! |
 | 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. |
