Bûche de Noël with Ganache

Name: Bûche de Noël with Ganache
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams semisweet baking chocolate, chopped; 2 Tbsps coffee-flavored liqueur; 5 eggs, separated; 118 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 12 servings Powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters unsweetened baking cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 394 milliliters whipping cream

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Bûche de Noël with Ganache a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 326 calories. Head to the store and pick up flour, salt, vanilla, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

In medium bowl, place chopped chocolate. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 2/3 cup of the whipping cream to simmering over medium heat.

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Remove from heat; cool 1 minute.

Pour hot cream over chocolate; stir until smooth.

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Let stand 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until ganache is thickened.

Heat oven to 375°F. Grease 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening. Line with waxed paper; grease paper with shortening. In large bowl, beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the sugar with electric mixer on high speed until thick and lemon colored. On low speed, beat in oil and vanilla.

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In medium bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, beating on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into egg yolk mixture. Sift flour, 1/4 cup cocoa and the salt over batter; fold gently until blended.

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Pour into pan, spreading batter to corners.

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Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Meanwhile, generously sprinkle clean towel with cocoa. Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan; turn upside down onto towel. Carefully remove waxed paper; trim off edges of cake if necessary. While hot, starting with long side, carefully roll up cake; place on cooling rack. Cool at least 30 minutes.

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Roll

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In chilled medium bowl, beat remaining 1 cup whipping cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and liqueur on high speed with electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Unroll cake; remove towel.

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Spread whipped cream over cake.

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Roll up cake.

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Cut 2-inch diagonal slice from 1 end of cake roll.

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Place cake on serving platter; position cut piece against side of cake roll to look like a knot, using about 1 tablespoon ganache to attach to cake. Frost cake with remaining ganache. With tines of fork, make strokes in ganache to look like tree bark.

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Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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