Bûche de Noël with Marzipan Mushrooms

Name: Bûche de Noël with Marzipan Mushrooms
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters all purpose flour; 0 teaspoons almond extract; 2 larges egg yolks; 6 larges eggs; 118 milliliters marzipan, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 14 servings Marzipan Mushrooms; 113 grams milk chocolate, chopped; 2 Tbsps powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 142 grams bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped; 177 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 177 milliliters whipping cream; 158 milliliters whole milk

Bûche de Noël with Marzipan Mushrooms might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 322 calories, 6g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe serves 14. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up eggs, salt, marzipan mushrooms, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring milk to boil in medium saucepan over medium heat.

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Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk yolks and sugar in small bowl until well blended; whisk in flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk hot milk into egg mixture. Return to same saucepan.

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Milk

Egg

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Whisk over medium heat until custard thickens and boils, about 1 1/2 minutes.

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Custard

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Whisk

Transfer to processor; cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.

Add marzipan; process until smooth, about 1 minute. Blend in butter 1 piece at a time, then both extracts. Cover and refrigerate filling at least 4 hours or up to 2 days.

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Marzipan

Butter

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Line bottom with parchment paper; butter and flour parchment.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Jelly

Roll

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Baking Paper

Oven

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Whisk eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, vanilla and salt in large metal bowl. Set bowl over pot of simmering water.

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Vanilla

Sugar

Water

Egg

Salt

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Pot

Whisk until just warm, about 2 minutes.

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Whisk

Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat mixture until tripled in volume, about 6 minutes. Sift flour over; fold in until just combined. Gently fold in butter (do not overmix, or batter will deflate).

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Water

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Spread batter in prepared pan.

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Spread

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Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over towel. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Turn hot cake out onto towel. Peel off parchment. Starting at 1 long side and using towel as aid, gently roll up cake jelly-roll style. Cool. Unroll cake.

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Powdered Sugar

Jelly

Roll

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Oven

Knife

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Spread filling over. Reroll cake; place cake, seam side down, on platter. Refrigerate cake while preparing frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Bring cream and butter to boil in medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to melt butter.

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Butter

Cream

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Remove from heat.

Add both chocolates; whisk until melted.

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Whisk

Transfer to medium bowl.

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Bowl

Let cool at room temperature until thick enough to spread, about 1 hour.

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Spread

Starting 1 inch in from each end of cake, cut on diagonal to remove one 3-inch-long piece of cake from each end. Attach 1 cake piece at sides of cake near each end.

Spread frosting over top and sides of cake and pieces. Using tines of fork, draw concentric circles on cake ends to resemble tree rings. Draw fork along length of cake to form bark design.

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Frosting

Bark

Garnish with Marzipan Mushrooms.

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Mushrooms