Fun For Friday - Bushe de Noel (Yule Log)

Happy Friday and Happy not the end of the world.

My husband is half Danish and here is our collection of Nisse, or as his family calls them; Nissemen.   These are a few of our Danish christmas plates collected over the past 25 years.

I hosted my quilting bees holiday party yesterday and decided to make a Bushe de Noel, or Yule Log cake.  It had been about 6 years so I thought it was time.

Here is a link to my favorite recipe.

Warning:  there are 3 main parts to this cake, and it will take all available counter space.

First you make a chocolate cake in a jelly roll pan and roll it up in a towel to cool.  Then you spread a whipped cream filling and re-roll.

You slice off one end and place on top (or side) to resemble a branch.  It is frosted with chocolate butter cream frosting.

Using a fork you make it appear to have tree bark.  I decorated mine with a sprig of artificial holly.  Click here to see google images of different styles and presentations.

The cake must be refrigerated.  I have wrapped mine for a space launch or a bio attack.

The good, the bad and the ugly:
The good - I showed to my guests before cutting it up.
The bad -  I forgot to take a final "beauty shot" of it.
The ugly -  A blurred phone photo, but you can see that a dusting of powered sugar (snow) makes it look festive and pretty.

 And there you have it!

Finally, here is a great way to display Christmas cards if you have interior french doors.  I just use tape loops.  The bonus?  I clean these windows once a year when I take the cards down.

I wish you all Happy Holidays filled with Fun.
See you after Christmas!