Traditional French Buche de Noel Recipe
Buche de Noel is a showstopping cake bound to impress on the Christmas table and easier to make than it looks.
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- Serves: 14 persons
Ingredients
- For the Genoise Cake Batter:
- 4large eggs, room temperature
- ⅔cup sugar
- 1tablespoon Grand Marnier orange liqueur
- 2teaspoons orange zest
- ¾teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 1cup cake flour
- For the Chocolate Buttercream:
- 7large egg whites
- 1 ⅓cups granulated sugar
- 6ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1teaspoon instant powder espresso
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½cups unsalted butter, softened