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A buche de noel -- french yule log cake
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Ingredients:
ALMOND SPONGE SHEET
3 Egg yolks
1/2 cupGranulated sugar
1 medOrange, grated rind & juice
3/4 cupAlmonds, blanched & ground
. with 3 Tbsp granulated
. sugar
1/4 tspAlmond extract
1/2 cupCake flour
3 Egg whites
3 tbspGranulated sugar
Confectioner's sugar, in a
. sifter
MERINGUE BASE
3 largeEgg whites
Pn Salt
1/4 tspCream of tartar, scant
1 1/3 cupGranulated sugar
FILLING BASE
12 ozSemisweet baker's chocolate
. melted with 1/3 cup
. strong coffee
1 tbspVanilla extract
3 tbspDark Jamaican Rum
4 tbspButter, unsalted, softened
FILLING
4 tbspButter, unsalted, softened
DECORATION
3 tbspUnsweetened cocoa, in a tea
. strainer
Confectioner's sugar, in a
. sifter
SPUN CARAMEL VEIL
1 cupGranulated sugar
3 tbspWhite corn syrup
Procedures:
1Special equipment suggested
2a 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.
3** for the directions, please see part #2 **
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