A Buche de Noel, which is the French name for a Yule Log, is a cake roll made with genoise batter, filled with buttercream, frosted, and decorated to resemble a log ready to be burned. The Buche de Noel is a traditional French dessert dating back in the late 18th century .http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/yule_log_cake.html The main ingredients of the traditional Buche de Noel genoise recipe are eggs, granulated sugar, flour and vanilla extract.http://www.easy-french-food.com/yule-log-cake-recipe.html

The cake is baked on a jelly roll pan then inverted, rolled and cooled completely before unrolling, filling, and decorating. The Buttercream filling contains butter, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa, salt, vanilla and buttermilk. Buttercream is also used to frost the cake, and a fork is usually used to create a woody effect on the log. Festive holiday symbols of Christmas like Santa, Snowmen, Meringue mushrooms, marzipan leaves, colored candies and berries are used to decorate the Buche de Noel.

Optional ingredients like margarine, salt, cornstarch, cream of tartar, bittersweet or semisweet chocolates, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract are added occasionally. The Buche de Noel can be sprinkled with chopped pistachios or other nuts and can also be topped with powdered sugar. The cake is usually refrigerated until it is ready to be served.