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Yule Log (buche De Noel) Mccall's Cooking School

Ingredients:

Servings:

10 Servings Size

6 egg whites, room temperature (appx 1 hr)

3/4 cup sugar

6 egg yolks

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 dash salt

confectioners' sugar

FILLING

1 1/2 cups heavy cream, chilled

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 teaspoons instant coffee

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

TO DECORATE

candied cherry

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Directions:Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

1 Grease the bottom of a 15x10x1" jelly roll pan; line w/ waxed paper; grease slightly.

2 Preheat oven to 375.

3 In a lg electric mixer bowl, at high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form when beaters are slowly lifted.

4 Add 1/4 c sugar, 2 T at a time, beating until stiff peaks form when beaters are slowly lifted.

5 With the same beaters, beat yolks at high speed, adding remaining 1/2 c sugar, 2 T at a time; beat until mixture is very thick, appx 4 minutes.

6 At low speed, beat in cocoa, vanilla, salt, just until smooth.

7 With wire whisk or rubber spatula, gently fold cocoa mixture into egg whites just until blended (no egg whites should show).

8 Spread evenly in pan.

9 Bake 15 minutes, just until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip.

10 Sift confectioner's sugar in a 15x10" rectangle on a clean linen towel.

11 Turn cake out on sugar; lift off pan; peel paper off cake.

12 Roll up cake jelly-roll-fashion, starting with the short end towel and all.

13 Cool completely on rack, seam side down.

14 FILLING: Combine ingredients in medium bowl.

15 Beat with electric mixer until thick; chill.

16 TO ASSEMBLE: Unroll cake; spread with filling to 1" from edge; reroll.

17 Place, seam side down, on plate.

18 Cover loosely with foil.

19 Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

20 TO SERVE: Sprinkle yule log w/ confectioner's sugar and decorate with red candied cherries and green angelica "leaves".

If you can't find angelica, use cut up green candied cherries.

21 NOTE:You may make the Yule Log up to a week ahead and freeze, wrapped in foil.

Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.