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A Buche De Noel -- French Yule Log Cake Part #1

Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

-ALMOND SPONGE SHEET-
3 Egg yolks 1/4 ts Almond extract
1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Cake flour
1 md Orange; grated rind & juice 3 Egg whites
3/4 c Almonds; blanched & ground 3 tb Granulated sugar
. with 3 Tbsp granulated Confectioner's sugar; in a
. sugar . sifter

MERINGUE BASE
3 lg Egg whites 1/4 ts Cream of tartar; scant
pn Salt 1 1/3 c Granulated sugar

-FILLING BASE-
12 oz Semisweet baker's chocolate 1 tb Vanilla extract
. melted with 1/3 cup 3 tb Dark Jamaican Rum
. strong coffee 4 tb Butter; unsalted, softened

FILLING
4 tb Butter; unsalted, softened

DECORATION
3 tb Unsweetened cocoa; in a tea Confectioner's sugar; in a
. strainer . sifter

SPUN CARAMEL VEIL
1 c Granulated sugar 3 tb White corn syrup

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUGGESTED

A jelly-roll pan about 11 by 17 inches; butter, wax paper, and flour
for the pan; an electric blender or food processor for the aImonds; a
table-model electric mixer for the meringue; a pastry bag with
3/8-inch tube opening and a separate tube with l/8-inch opening, for
the mushrooms; a buttered and floured no-stick pas try sheet for the
mushrooms; a serving board to hold the log plenty of wax paper; an
oiled broom handle suspended between 2 chair backs and newspapers on
the floor, for the caramel.
** For the directions, please see part #2 **
** Christmas Memories with Recipes **
edited by Maron L. Waxman
1st edition // 1988

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