Christmas in September?
Mmm! I should be starting that homework right about now, but during my daily file mucking, I found a picture of my buche! My buche de noel! I made this sucker last Christmas… how did I not post about thee? It was hella tight. Major-ly and undyingly so. If only I had the recipe… from what I remember, it had NO wheat flour, and was basically chocolate, sugar and egg yolks folded into stiff egg whites. How cool, it baked into a cake with just those ingredients. The frosting was more or less whipped cream with cocoa powder it in as well. As for the mushrooms? Why, meringues, of course! And the branches? From the Christmas tree! TIP: Do not use real foliage. The pine needles will sneakily stick to your cake’s frosting. Which won’t stop you from eating it, but may provide an uninvited poke or two. Still, so worth it.
