Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bûche de Noël is the French term for Yule log cake, that traditional Christmas dessert shaped like a tree trunk. Why is it shaped ...

In France, a proper Christmas dinner wouldn’t be complete without the bûche de Nöel. This wooden log look-a-like cake, traditionally made of a rolled genoise cake filled and frosted with buttercream, ...

Mary Winston Nicklin is a Franco-American writer and editor with more than 20 years of experience. Based in Paris, she writes for publications like National Geographic, The Washington Post, AFAR, and ...

You can order a Buche de Noel, like this one from St. Honore Boulangerie. Or you can make one yourself at home. It takes time but is worth the effort for what Joan Harvey calls "an irresistible twirl ...

When I was in my early 20s, new to New York City and desperate to break into food journalism, I bought a DVD set of Julia Child’s The French Chef. To unwind, I watched Julia Child truss chickens and ...

Of all the quirky, inexplicable, reindeer-embellished holiday traditions out there, making your own Yule log might take the cake. Why would anyone in their right mind create a dessert that is supposed ...

All this week I’ve been teaching Brittany, and you our viewers, how you can build a Buche De Noel. From the tiny decorations, to the major cake. The yule log is so close to being completed it’s ...

Jelly roll cake 8 large eggs, separated ⅔ cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract ⅔ cup all-purpose flour Vanilla-bourbon buttercream ¼ cup heavy cream 1 cup milk 3 egg yolks from large eggs ⅓ cup sugar 2 ...

In this festive recipe, Dorie Greenspan reinterprets the classic French bûche de Noël, a Christmas cake fashioned to look like a Yule log. Instead of the usual chocolate cake filled with ganache, she ...

The swirl; the cracks. Any avid watcher of The Great British Bake Off is familiar with the pitfalls of the Swiss roll, aka the roll cake, the yule log, the bûche de Noël. But this impressive-looking ...