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    Yule Log Cake Recipe - Buche de Noel Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Yule log is a traditional cake made during christmas season. The cake represents the yule log that families would burn starting on Christmas Eve. It is a swiss roll shaped like a log cake.

     

    Yule Log Cake Recipe - Buche de Noel Recipe

    Table of Contents

    • What is an Yule Log?
    • How to Make Yule Log Cake
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Yule Log Cake
    • Yule Log Step by Step Pictures

    What is an Yule Log?

    A "Yule log" (or bûche de Noël) is a traditional dessert served near Christmas, especially in Belgium, France, Lebanon, Quebec and several former French colonies. Made of sponge cake to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade.

    Yule log represents "the yule log that families would burn starting on Christmas Eve.

     

    How to Make Yule Log Cake

    • Start by preheating oven to 220 degree C / 425 degree F. Line a sheet pan or a jelly roll pan or any long tray with parchment paper and grease it well. The parchment paper should come over the sides of the tray.
    • Take flour, cocoa powder,salt and baking powder in a sieve and sift well. Set aside.
    • Separate egg white and egg yolks.
    • Take egg whites in a clean dry bowl and use a electric beater to whip this till it is frothy and forms soft peaks. 
    • Take egg yolk and sugar in a bowl and whisk till it gets pale yellow and light.
    • Add in the sifter flour mix into the egg yolk and mix well.
    • Add in egg white little at a time and fold gently.
    • Spoon this into the prepared pan and bake for 6 to 8 mins.
    • Remove it from oven and cool for 2 mins.
    • Now take a sheet of parchment paper and sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. Invert the swiss roll over the sugar and peel off the parchment paper. Now roll the cake with the parchment paper tightly and carefully and set aside to cool completely.
    • Spread frosting and Decorate.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    Check out my other cake recipes as well

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    Yule Log Cake

    A Yule log is a traditional dessert served near Christmas made of sponge cake to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Decorating Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 servings

    Ingredients

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - ⅓ cup 40 grams
    • Cocoa Powder - ¼ cup 25 grams
    • Cornflour / Cornstarch - 1 tsp
    • Eggs - 4
    • Sugar - ½ cup 100 grams
    • Baking Powder - 1 tsp
    • Salt - ⅛ tsp
    • Double Chocolate Buttercream
    • Powdered Sugar / Icing Sugar for sprinkling

    Instructions

    • Start by preheating oven to 220 degree C / 425 degree F. Line a sheet pan or a jelly roll pan or any long tray with parchment paper and grease it well. The parchment paper should come over the sides of the tray.
    • Take flour, cocoa powder,salt and baking powder in a sieve and sift well. Set aside.
    • Now separate egg white and egg yolks.
    • Take egg whites in a clean dry bowl and use a electric beater to whip this till it is frothy and forms soft peaks.
    • Now take egg yolk and sugar in a bowl and whisk till it gets pale yellow and light.
    • Now add in the sifter flour mix into the egg yolk and mix well.
    • Now add in egg white little at a time and fold gently.
    • Spoon this into the prepared pan and bake for 6 to 8 mins.
    • Remove it from oven and cool for 2 mins.
    • Now take a sheet of parchment paper and sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. Invert the swiss roll over the sugar and peel off the parchment paper. Now roll the cake with the parchment papertightly and carefully and set aside to cool completely.
    • Once the cake is cooled, spread with any frosting as you like, i used my chocolate buttercream.
    • Roll the cake carefully. Put it in fridge for 30 mins.
    • Now slice the cake at both ends at an angle. Now spread some frosting on the side and stick the sliced cake in there.
    • Now spread remaining frosting all over the cake and use a fork to mark impressions.
    • Now sprinkle the top with powdered sugar and serve
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    Yule Log Step by Step Pictures

    First bake a swiss roll cake, Recipe here

     

    spread a sheet of parchment paper, sprinkle with powdered sugar

     

    remove the cake
     
     
    place it over the sheet

    peel off the parchment paper

     

     

     

    now roll it carefully

     

    like this

     

    set aside to cool completely

     

    now unwrap it

     

     

     

    I made a batch of my double chocolate buttercream..RECIPE HERE

     

    spread any frosting or whipped cream over it..

     

    I used my double chocolate buttercream

     

    roll carefully
     

     

    now slice both ends at a angle

     

    spread frosting in this part

     

    stick the sliced piece

     

    now frost the entire cake

     

    the frosting doesn't have to be smooth

     

    use a fork to make impression

     

    like this

     

    done

     

    decorate as you wish and serve
     
     

     

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