Bûche De Noël (Yule Log)

Originally I was going to do Jamie Oliver's Scrumptious Yule Log recipe for our Christmas dinner dessert but as Mr. T and were driving back home from my parents' on Christmas Eve I was reading the instructions for the cake and realised that there was no way I was going to make this before going back to my parents' in the morning. Instead I went with this very scrumptious Chocolate Espresso Yule Log recipe instead. It did not disappoint.

My mother-in-law gave me some vintage Christmas decorations when they were moving and I knew that they would be perfect on top of this cake. In the rush to get out to my parents' on time I forgot to bring the board for the cake. Thankfully my brother had this very appropriate buffalo plaid tray that I could use.

This is the cake several hours later ready to be served up. What I didn't realise and should have, is that you dust the cake with icing sugar just before you're ready to serve it otherwise a lot will absorb into the icing as you can see the difference from the pictures. Tip of the day! Regardless, the cake was delicious if I do say so myself.

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