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.