Updated Bûches de Noel

The traditional Christmas dessert in France is the  Bûche de Noël or yule log. It is a rolled sponge cake iced with chocolate to resemble a log, dusted with powdered sugar snow, and scattered with meringue mushrooms to add to its woodsy charm. It has been a Christmas staple since the 19th century.

Here are some innovative bûches de Noël by pastry chefs who are tired of the old fashioned rustic logs.

The Magic of Christmas bûche de Noël from chocolatier A la Mère de Famille
has Santa caught in some kind of magic act.

Jean-François Piège & Ludovic Chaussard of Gâteaux Thoumieux
were inspired by a medieval fortress. 

Ladurée’s “exotic yule log” with a chocolate shell designed
to look like a pineapple.

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