Bûche de Noël with Buttercream Frosting

Name: Bûche de Noël with Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 79 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 3 eggs; 177 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules or crystals; 118 milliliters chopped green pistachio nuts; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters unsweetened baking cocoa; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 Tbsp hot water; 237 milliliters whipping cream

Bûche de Noël with Buttercream Frosting is a vegetarian side dish. One serving contains 336 calories, 5g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes. If you have granulated sugar, whipping cream, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil or waxed paper; grease with shortening or cooking spray. In small bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

Lemon

Egg

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Hand Mixer

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Pour eggs into large bowl; gradually beat in 1 cup granulated sugar. Beat in 1/3 cup water and the vanilla on low speed. Gradually add flour, baking powder and salt, beating just until batter is smooth.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Water

Egg

Salt

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Bowl

Pour into pan, spreading batter to corners.

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Frying Pan

Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan; invert onto towel generously sprinkled with powdered sugar. Carefully remove foil. Trim off stiff edges of cake if necessary. While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end. Cool on cooling rack at least 30 minutes.

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Powdered Sugar

Roll

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

Oven

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

In chilled medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients on high speed until stiff. Unroll cake; remove towel.

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Bowl

Spread filling over cake.

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Spread

Roll up cake.

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Roll

In medium bowl, beat cocoa and butter on low speed until thoroughly mixed. Beat in powdered sugar until mixed. Beat in vanilla and enough of the hot water until frosting is smooth and spreadable.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

Vanilla

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Water

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Bowl

For tree stump, cut off a 2-inch diagonal slice from one end of cake. Attach stump to one long side using 1 tablespoon frosting. Frost cake with remaining frosting. With tines of fork, make strokes in frosting to look like tree bark.

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Frosting

Bark

Garnish with nuts.

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Nuts