Saturday, December 27, 2014

Tuesdays with Dorie with K (Late): Buche de Noel



Tuesdays with Dorie time again! It would be hard to exaggerate here how nervous I was about this recipe. K and I tend to be very good at making cakes that taste good, but well, decorating can be a challenge. Plus, for several years now, we have had the annual "yelling about the gingerbread house," during which we takes turns blaming each other for the house's eventual collapse. (Spoiler: this problem can helped by toothpicks.)






But onto the Buche. K decided that she wanted to skip the praline and instead decorate with marzipan because "that is what a buche is supposed to have." So that simplified things quite a bit. The cream cheese based filling was simple enough, though I would up the quantity next time. The cake also was easy. Then it was onto the first rolling, which went better than expected. Unrolling revealed a few cracks but we continued on, filling and rolling again, reminding ourselves that any cracks could be hidden by frosting. Now onto the frosting, which sure enough, hid our cracks.



The verdict: much easier than a gingerbread house! The taste: I loved the filling and cake, K was enamoured of the frosting. We'll be making this one again. 


9 comments:

  1. That's great, I agree much easier than a gingerbread house! We made both this year and I have to say my daughter loved eating each sweet almost the same. I think bowls of candy won out though.
    Have a wonderful New Year!

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  2. Did you add some of the marzipan to the cream cheese filling?

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  3. Beautiful! I love the sprinkles and marzipan decorations (and I can't even imagine attempting to build a gingerbread house).

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  4. I love your frosting with sprinkles and marzipan; it's adorable. Gingerbread houses don't taste nearly as good as this;)

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  5. "yelling about the gingerbread house"--haha! well, glad there was no yelling here, and it looks great. :)

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  6. Your cake looks fun! When I made mine, I decided that I really NEED to make more rolled cakes. The possibilities are endless, aren't they?

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  7. So beautiful and what a nice idea to decorate with marzipan!

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  8. Icing fixes everything when it comes to a cake! Not so much with gingerbread houses. But...always tasty! (And your buche looks great!)

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  9. Waaayyyy easier than a ginergbread house :-)
    Love the team effort.

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