{"id":243949,"date":"2023-12-17T04:13:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T04:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243949"},"modified":"2023-12-17T04:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T04:13:38","slug":"mary-berrys-melt-in-the-mouth-buche-de-noel-yule-log-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/mary-berrys-melt-in-the-mouth-buche-de-noel-yule-log-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Berry\u2019s ‘melt in the mouth’ B\u00fbche de No\u00ebl yule log – recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Christmas, many of us will be sitting down with our families and looking forward to something sweet after dinner. From mince pies and pud to cake and trifle, there's a huge choice out there when it comes to tasty festive treats.<\/p>\n

But it's all too easy to stick to the same desserts every year. <\/p>\n

If you want to try something different on the big day, we've picked a melt in the mouth B\u00fbche de No\u00ebl (Yule Log) recipe by Mary Berry for you to make. <\/p>\n

It's rich and decadent and, to add some extra indulgence, it's amazing served with a dollop of pouring cream over the top. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n

For the unfilled roulade<\/b><\/p>\n

4 large eggs<\/p>\n

115g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling<\/p>\n

65g self-raising flour<\/p>\n

40g cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting<\/p>\n

For the filling<\/b><\/p>\n

1 tbsp instant coffee granules<\/p>\n

2 tbsp hot milk<\/p>\n

225g unsweetened chestnut pur\u00e9e<\/p>\n

2 tbsp brandy<\/p>\n

55g caster sugar<\/p>\n

150ml pouring double cream, whipped<\/p>\n

For the topping<\/b><\/p>\n

300ml pouring double cream, whipped<\/p>\n

Cocoa powder, for dusting<\/p>\n

Method<\/b><\/p>\n

\u25a0 First, make the chocolate roulade. Preheat the oven to 220\u00b0C\/200\u00b0C fan\/gas mark 7. Grease a 33 x 23cm Swiss roll tin and line with non-stick baking paper.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Whisk the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until the mixture is light and frothy and the whisk leaves a trail when lifted out.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Sift the flour and cocoa into the mixture, carefully folding them in at the same time. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and give it a gentle shake so that the mixture finds its own level, making sure that it spreads evenly into the corners.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until the sponge begins to shrink from the sides of the tin.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 While the cake is cooking, place a piece of baking paper a little bigger than the size of the tin on a work surface and sprinkle it with caster sugar. Invert the cake straight from the oven on to the sugared paper. Quickly loosen the paper on the bottom of the cake and peel it off.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Trim the edges of the sponge with a sharp knife and leave to cool. While it is cooling, make the filling.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Dissolve the coffee in the hot milk. Sieve the chestnut pur\u00e9e into a bowl and beat in the coffee mixture, brandy and sugar until the mixture is smooth.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Fold the whipped cream into the chestnut pur\u00e9e mixture. Remove the paper from the Swiss roll and spread the chestnut filling all over the cake, then roll.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Cut a small slice off at an angle from one of the ends of the roll, then place the roll on a serving plate or board and attach the slice to look like a branch.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Spread the whipped cream over the cake to cover completely, using a small palette knife in long strokes to give the bark effect.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Dust the cake lightly with cocoa and top with any Christmassy decorations of your choice.<\/p>\n

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Extracted from Mary Berry\u2019s Baking Bible by Mary Berry (BBC Books, \u00a328). Photography: Ant Duncan<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n