I love love love the look of your log! The little flowers are just gorgeous. Great creativity! And it looks soo yummy too…

Wonderful log chief Daring Baker, love the small flowers! And great job on the pictures to accompany the recipe.

the cake looks fab. i love the buttercream, wish mine looked the same!

oh btw, you have accidentally put ‘making the buttercream’ picture at ‘assembling the log…’ take care

Those little snowflakes are adorable! Not to sound mooshy either but it is an honor to be in the company of you guys and having such a blast eveymonth! Thanks for a great challenge and my best wishes for the holidays for you and your family!

Wonderful log Ivonne. Thank you so much for you and Lisa starting this fantastic group of people and for being a pretty spectacular blog friend. I’ve enjoyed baking with you the past year. Joy Noel!

Oh I love the little sparkly snowflakes…such a nice touch.!
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Ivonne and my Christmas wish for you is for the Leafs to win more games in 08!

‘Tis the season, indeed - I commented on the photograph of your Yule Log, on your Flickr page already, but I just HAVE to say here just how awe-struck I am by your Yule Log!! simply stunning!!

Seriously, I can’t express enough just how impressed I am by all of the talent that is displayed during each and every Daring Bakers Challenge, by all of the DB members - I look forward to viewing the results of every challenge!! such a treat to view :0)

Happy holidays, Ivonne!!

your log is beautiful! the cake looks nice and thick and moist!

Beautiful yule log! Merry Christmas Ivonne and may 2008 be a delicious year for you.

Lovely work, as usual!
Thanks for a great year of baking!

Thanks for hosting this with all you and Lis have going on. Your creations are always sensational.A most appropiate and fun challenge.

Your yule log looks great! I really like the bark. Nice choice for the challenge. I had a bit of trouble with the butter cream and I will have to try making butter cream again.

Simply lovely! Thanks for being so integral in drawing all of us bakers together. I’m looking forward to the next year!

Thank you for a year of challenges Ivonne! It’s been wonderful!

Lovely yule log, Ivonne. The snowflakes are very pretty, and the cake looks so light and moist.

Also want to send a special thanks to you and Lis for all the fun with the Daring Bakers! I’m having a blast and learning a lot, too!!

Wonderful mushrooms! Very authentic! It was most definitely my favourite challenge yet, and a wonderful symbol that I hope we can all embrace, bringing a little light into the darkness of winter (at least for the northern hemisphere!). Have a wonderful Christmas and happy new year.

I’m still working on mine but I’m having so much fun. I’ve never made any of the items before. The mushrooms were especially fun to make!

I’m wondering how your buttercream got so dark. I don’t have espresso powder so I used coffee. It did not change the color of my buttercream. Any help?

Thanks for the great challenge!

How wunderful it looks.

For me it was the first time for years that the roll isn’t broken into pieces.

Cute mushrooms ….

My eggwhite never was so stiff, that’s perhaps also a reason my buttercream separated. I had fun. Thank you for the challenge.

Buon Natale!

Ivonne!
Thanks for the great challenge. Your log looks super! I love the flowers on the log and your mushrooms turned out great too. Mine ‘wilted’ after a while - think its the humididty. Know what would really be an Awesome Daring Baker challenge? Do bake something first and then bake it again in another country/continent under different conditions! Not practical I know, but such a fun idea. Lots of love to you and yours and have a Blessed Christmas!

Simply delightful!

Thanks for yet another fun challenge. I’m enjoying checking out everyone else’s ways of decorating their Yule logs

Well, my love, you’ve outdone yourself yet again. =)

Your log is simply gorgeous!

Mooshie here too.. I couldn’t be more grateful for such a lovely year of being a Daring Baker and moreso, for having you in my life. xoxo

Here’s to 12 new challenges on the horizon! Woot!

Love you!
xoxo

I had a wonderful time doing this challenge..

The shrooms were a disaster though!

The log and the shrooms look great!

Rich history (I think we’re building it), Rich dessert (yes, this & so many others) but the best is the richness of the friendships that have and continue to develop!
I’m so happy I first chased your lemon tart! And most happy this group came about.
Merry Merry Christmas to you and all you love.

The Daring Bakers have struck again, and just in time for those of us who are not so daring to think about maybe, just maybe, making a yule log for the holidays. Wishing you and your family wonderful holidays and a happy new year. xo

Ivonne, this was great fun and actually a pretty easy challenge which was appreciated as it’s a pretty busy month. As usual your log looks picture perfect and soo pretty. Merry Christmas to you and your family

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Your mushrooms are just so cute!

And you managed to roll your cake a lot more successfully than me. I suspect I needed a slightly wider tin so the sponge wasn’t so thick. Not sure on that one.

Anyway, it was a great challenge and my efforts are up.

This challenge kicked my *ss! Have a merry christmas, Ivonne

thank you so much for hosting such a brilliant challenge. as always i love reading your post and seeing your lovely photos. your yule log looks amazing!

Beautiful! Thanks so much for all of the hard work you put into Daring Bakers. Happy Holidays!

So beautiful. I love your flowers and the cake rolled perfectly! Thanks for the great challenge. Have a sweet holiday!

Looks terrific! I wish I had time to do the challenge this month

Lovely cake, lovely challange! Thank you from a grateful DBer.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Thank you so much for this challenge! It was one that I almost thought I couldn’t do, but I’m so glad that I tried because it is delightful! I hope you have a very happy holiday!!

It’s beautiful! And your mushrooms are perfect, especially those stems! Happy Holidays!

Enjoyed reading the history associated with this dessert. Very interesting. Thanks Ivonne! Merry Christmas!

Paz xxoo

Thanks for chosing such a wonderful recipe, and one that so traditional and festive too. I love the shape of your mushrooms. Heres to many more challanges. Happy Christmas!

Thanks for hosting and dragging my butt into trying something I fantasized making (and dreaded to). That’s what challenges are for!
Merry Xmas to you and your loved ones!

Looks like we were reading each others post simultaneously. First to your log - it looks so pretty with those flowers and that thick rich buttercream.

Second - to your comment on my post - it would be too wild for us to do a challenge together but hey I can handle it if you can. Are you sure we won’t be cracking up the whole time?

Third - if you even take one step into Europe you are so what from seeing me. There is no way I am going to miss you this time babe!!

Fourth - Merry Christmas gorgeous hope you have a great, warm and fuzzy holiday and a fantastic start to 2008

Fifth - is this my longest comment on your blog yet?

Hugs and kisses

[…] For the full recipe, visit Ivonne´s blog (our other host and Daring Baker mom, Lis, should have her post up soon), and for hundreds of other takes on the Yule log, check out the Daring Bakers blogroll, you are bound to be impressed. […]

Thanks for choosing such a great recipe, Ivonne. I´ve just finished making, and posting about mine… very last minute, but I´m delighted I got to make it.

thanks for choosing this wonderful challenge in December! I have lots of fun and the end product was delicious. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones, Ivonne.

what a great choice of cake, i have been wanting to make this for ages!!! i loved the buttercream, very unlike anything i have made before - and definitely a keeper! your floweres/stars look great!

thanks for this group and this challenge! i’m definitely looking forward to more DB fun in ‘08!

[…] The rules to participate in each challenge are very specific. For this month we had to follow three recipes, one for the plain Genoise cake, one for the coffee buttercream frosting (I made it chocolate since Jon dislikes coffee) and one for the meringue or marzipan mushrooms (I chose marzipan) You can see the original recipe here. […]

fabulous looking yule log. and thatfinal buttercream picture makes me want to stick my fingers in the bowl so i can try it!

Ivonne- Your Yule Log looks lovely! I love your little snowflakes. I finally got mine finished and the post is up. I was really sweating it! Thanks for everything. I love being a DBer.

Happy Holidays to you.

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Nice log, love your little snowflake decorations

Thanks for a very wintery challenge. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Merry Christmas Ivonne! Stunning, as usual.

And we thank you!! Great challenge choice!! Merry Christmas!

The whole thing is so fabulous to look at, but the mushrooms are my favorite part of this crazy sweet-wood-and-fungus dessert tradition. Thanks for making the Daring Bakers so a fun thing to be part of, and roll on 2008!

Your log looks great! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!!

I love the little snowflakes on yours. I knew your creation would be good.

Lovely work as always! The snowflakes are wonderful, the mushrooms are oh so cute! Happy holidays!

Indeed, here’s to the Daring Bakers! Your log looks wonderful, and I’m glad you and Lis chose this recipe. It was great fun to make!

Fantastic log! And a Fabulous online baking community!

Wonderful log, Ivonne. Love the flowery decor.

Beautiful log Ivonne. Thanks to both you and Lis for hosting this wonderful challenge, and for all you do to make the Daring Bakers a group to which it is such a great honour to belong. I’ve learned and grown a LOT during this year of baking together (well, virtually together) and I look forward to further expanding my skills (hopefully not my waistline) in the months to come.

I hope you had a joyous holiday, and that the new year brings you health and happiness, laughter and love.

Beautiful Yuly Log Ivonne! Thanks (and thanks to Lis too!) for starting this awesome group called the Daring Bakers I wish I could have made this month’s challenge…sigh…but I look forward to the first challenge of 2008 with much excitement! Happy holidays!

[…] a pass on this month’s Daring Baker challenge offered up by our founders Lisa and Ivonne, the Yule Log. I had even let Lis and Ivonne know I was going to take a pass. Between all the business travel and […]

It looks wonderful, and I love the little snowflakes on top!

thanks for the great challenge. I had a blast with this one ! A first for me with meringue. Your log is beautiful! Love the little flowers.

What a beautiful yule log you have made! Thank you so much for a great challenge, I know this is something I probably would have never tackled had it not been for the daring bakers. I am looking forward to all the challenges 2008 will bring!

Ivonne–It’s gorgeous! So pretty and festive! I really enjoyed this challenge a lot. I’d been wanting to make a yule log for years but never had quite enough motivation. You gave that to me and made my family backseat kitchen drivers and a cheering squad along the way.

I loved this challenge! It was a tricky recipe which made me learn a lot…

Your Yule Log looks fabulous! I love those dainty mushrooms!

Cheers and Happy New Year 2008!

Rosa

Ivonne, Thanks for such a great challenge! I’ve eaten buche most years for Christmas in France but never thought to make one, and now I know how to, which is totally cool.
Have absolutely smashing holidays!

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Ivonne,
Thanks for a lovely challenge- your yule log looks scrumptious as usual! Love the sparklies too!
xoxo
Gabi

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Your Yule looks fantastic! Always a pleasure to read your blog. Happy New Year.

That yule log is PERFECTION. I love the little snowflake decorations too Thanks for hosting and for being such an awesome and encouraging founder of the DBers. xxoo and Happy new year!

Your Buche de Noel is perfect. Thank-you for the challenge. Wendy

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I have limited baking ability but I managed to make this. My guest really enjoyed the look and the taste. I myself love butter cream and the moist inner cake. Thanks for the great instructions!

[…] to be confused with the Yule Log that the Daring Bakers tried last December, a French Yule Log is very reminiscent of an ice cream cake. For this particular challenge, our log […]