Buche de Noel

I saw this recipe on Sara's Secrets. I was going to make this on Christmas 2007, but got very busy and ran out of time. So I knew that I was going to make it Christmas 2008. This cake took me some time. A lot of time. Did I mention how long it took to make this cake? LOL Seriously it did take me some time but I will do it again. It is going to be a new tradition. I do have to make some changes. I haven't completely decided on what changes, but here is my thought at the moment. For starters I will not make the buttercream icing. Sorry Sara, I love ya gal, but I either really screwed it up or your recipe calls for way to much butter. I love some butter but this was like putting a spoon in a tub of butter. But lets just pretend I messed this recipe completely up. It is entirely possible if not probable. lol I enjoyed the cake itself, and it was very reminisent of my Moms pumpkin roll cake. Which got me thinking hmmmm. So next time I will use moms pumpkin roll recipe with a different icing. But I am going to keep the look of the cake. It will still be a process, but given thought to some planned prep work, it won't be bad. Last time I did the entire cake in one day instead of breaking it up. I will not make that mistake again.

I loved the chocolate ganache. I thank Sara for her technique of painting the ganache on the cake. I will invest into a holly leaf cookie cutter. That was a little time consuming.

The powdered sugar really sets it off in my opinion. I can't wait to make the new version. I hope I didn't discourage anyone from attempting this cake. It is totally worth it. I did not make Sara proud with this cake stay tuned for my own recipe.