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BY CAITLYN DIIMIG
PHOTOS BRIE PASSANO
FOOD STYLING GREG LUNA
PROP STYLING SUE MITCHELL

DECORATE THE PERFECT

Bûche de Noël 1. EXTRA CAKE 2. BUTTERCREAM

To create branches coming off AND POWDERED SUGAR
French for “yule log,” a bûche de noël (BOOSH the central log, we baked a second Frost the rolled log with chocolate

duh noh-EHL) is a chocolate cake rolled into a batch of the cake. (It’s best to make or vanilla buttercream. Drag fork
and bake it separately instead of tines through the frosting to
log shape and filled with mousse or buttercream
doubling the first batch.) Cut the resemble tree bark. Or for a more
frosting. It can be decorated in all manner second cake in half, arrange the modern take, gently swoop an
halves on opposite sides of the log, offset spatula through the frosting.
of ways to resemble a log. To get our look:
and conceal seams with frosting. Then dust with as much or as little
powdered sugar as you’d like.