I have always admired the whimsical Bouche de Noel (aka Log Cake), although I've yet to bite into one.
That will all change TONIGHT! I signed us up to bring one to Christmas dinner at my sister's house and if the reactions from licking the bowls are any indication of how this is going to go, I think Mommy has a new Christmas tradition.
The kids and I had a blast yesterday morning making all the holiday desserts. They loved making the marzipan mushrooms.
I also rolled out some Christmas lights in marzipan, a trick I stole from our grocery store's log design. The almost-five-year-old made the mushroom below on the right - which I love. It's true to form with all the baby mushrooms shooting up on the big on.
I used this recipe but reserved 1/3 of the frosting recipe to use on the exterior of the log - something that wasn't actually called for. I will serve it up at my sister's house surrounded by leaves and dusted with powdered sugar, like this photo. I'm already thinking about next year's cake - I'm going to dress up the log with little gnomes, red capped mushrooms and tiny presents. Happy Holidays!!
Meet three of my all-time favorite people: Mr. Noodle, Miss Frijoles and The 8 year old.
beautiful beautiful log cake!!!!
Posted by: teri | 01/06/2012 at 11:13 AM