🎄 Chocolate Christmas Tree (La Bûche de Noël) 🍫✨

A traditional French holiday dessert—rich chocolate roll cake shaped like a festive tree trunk!

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 120 g sugar
• 1 bag vanilla sugar
• 120 g flour
• 1/2 bag chemical yeast
• 50 g cocoa powder
• 100 g butter
• 200 g dark chocolate
• 20 cl liquid cream
• 50 g icing sugar

Directions

1. Preheat: Set oven to 180°C (thermostat 6). Butter and flour a rectangular baking sheet.
2. Whisk: Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla sugar until foamy.
3. Sift & Mix: Sift flour, yeast, and cocoa. Gently fold into egg mixture.
4. Bake: Spread batter on baking sheet. Bake 10–12 minutes.
5. Ganache: Melt dark chocolate and butter together.
6. Shape: Remove cake, place on damp sheet, roll gently into log shape. Cool.
7. Whipped Cream: Beat liquid cream into whipped cream. Add icing sugar.
8. Assemble: Unroll cake, spread chocolate ganache, then whipped cream. Roll again.
9. Decorate: Top with shredded chocolate or frozen brown pieces. Chill 3 hours.

Details

• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Yield: 8 servings

Extra Note

Keep refrigerated for 2–3 days. For variety, add red berries or flavored cream.

✨ Elegant, festive, and delicious—this chocolate log cake will delight your guests at New Year’s!