How to make Christmas tree cake – Buche de Noel is beautiful and simple

Originating from France, the log cake (also known as Buche de Noel) became popular around the world and became an indispensable Christmas cake.

Immediately refer to how to make simple, beautiful, and lifelike log cakes through the information summarized in the following article of B&S.

Ingredients and tools for making Christmas tree cakes

The ingredients that make up the Christmas tree cake only include the core of the cake, the cream filling and the chocolate cream to decorate the outside. To make the log cake look like a real log, you should make the chocolate sponge cake base instead of the original flavored sponge cake.

Ingredients for making the cake base of the Christmas tree cake:

• 25g flour (wheat flour number 8)
• 20g pure cocoa powder
• 30ml warm unsweetened fresh milk
• 25g cooking oil
• 70g sugar
• 4 chicken eggs
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar powder (or teaspoon lemon juice)
• A little salt

Ingredients for the cream filling of the Christmas tree cake:

• 150ml cold whipping cream
• 8g pure cocoa powder
• 10-15g sugar

Ingredients for the cake decorating frosting:

• 150ml hot whipping cream
• 150g chopped dark chocolate

Tools for making a Christmas log cake:

• Oven mitts
• Egg beater
• Rectangular cake mold 33x23cm
• Flour sifter
• Flour Roller
• Flour Mixer
• Bowl, cup, bowl
• Stencils
• Rolling silicone pad
• Ice cream bag
• Christmas decorations placed on the cake

How to make a simple and beautiful Christmas tree cake

Step 1: Mix the dough to make the sponge cake

• To make sponge cake for log cake, the first step you need to do is to put cooking oil and fresh milk in a large bowl. Then you sift into the bowl of the prepared cocoa, then use a spatula to mix until the cocoa powder is completely dissolved.
• Next, separate the whites and yolks of 4 eggs, then put 4 egg yolks in a bowl of cocoa fresh milk and beat until the egg yolks dissolve.
• Next, you sift the flour into the bowl of fresh cocoa milk and stir well.
• You put the egg whites in a bowl, then use a whisk to beat 4 egg whites for 60 seconds at level 1. Then, put the cream of tartar in the bowl and continue to beat the egg whites at level 1. 2 and then gradually increase to level 3. When the egg whites are frothy, the white bubbles are smaller, then you put the sugar in a bowl, beat until the egg whites are fluffy, slightly flexible, almost hard to form a standing top, then stop.
• Divide whipped cream into 3 parts to mix slowly into the bowl of dough. Pay attention to gently mix from the bottom up so as not to burst the air bubbles in the whites, making the sponge cake of the log cake not bloom beautifully.

Step 2: Bake the sponge cake

• You preheat the oven at 180 degrees C, 2 fire on the bottom, no fan.
• While waiting for the oven to heat up, line the cake pan with parchment paper, then pour the dough into the mold to bake. Do not forget to spread the dough all over the mold to make the cake look more beautiful.
• When the oven is hot, put the cake into the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15-25 minutes until the cake is cooked evenly.
• When the cake is cooked, take out the cake, knock the cake mold down on the table about 2 times so that the cake does not collapse too much.
• You prepare a stencil larger than the cake mold, spread it on the table. Then, you turn the cake mold down on the parchment paper to remove the cake from the mold. Next, you quickly roll the cake back into the parchment paper while the cake is still hot to keep the cake.

Step 3: Make the cream filling for the Christmas tree cake

• You put in the cup of cocoa powder and 50ml of whipping cream and mix well so that the cocoa powder is completely dissolved, without being lumpy.
• After mixing the cocoa paste, you put this cocoa into the bowl, add the sugar and the remaining 100ml of cold whipping cream into the bowl.
• Next, use an electric mixer to whip the whipping cream.
• Once you have the cream filling, you spread the rolled sponge cake, spread the cream on the inside of the cake evenly, then slowly roll the cake, wrap it up.
• You leave the cake in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours to fix the cake shape and make the cake cream not melt when decorating.

Step 4: Make cake decorating

• You heat the whipping cream to make hot whipping cream.
• When the cream is hot, turn off the heat or reduce the heat to low, then add the chocolate to the bowl of hot whipping cream, then stir until the chocolate is completely melted.
• When the chocolate is completely melted, let the mixture cool slightly, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave to cool or refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

Step 5: Shape and decorate the Christmas tree cake

• Once the frosting has thickened, place it in a piping bag.
• Next, you take out the sponge cake and place it on a plate, cut ⅕ of the cake diagonally to graft onto the body of the cake to pretend to be a tree branch.
• In order for the “twig” to stick to the “trunk”, you squeeze a little cream to fit the cross-section of the “branch”, and then attach the “branch” to the “trunk”.
• Next, you squeeze the chocolate cream to cover the cake into long lines along the body of the cake, each line of cream stick closely and evenly. You do the same for the “branches”. Then, use a spreader to lightly rub the frosting. Be careful not to rub too hard so that the cake is smooth and not like the real thing.
• Use a fork to create curves in the frosting so that it resembles the wood grain on the bark.
• Finally, you decorate with cherries soaked in water and then rolled through the diameter to make snow, rosemary leaves … so that the cake looks like a real tree. If you don’t have fruit but have Christmas decorations, you can wash the Christmas decorations and decorate them on the cake.

Thus, you have completed a delicious, sweet, and beautiful Christmas tree cake that looks just like a real tree to create a Christmas atmosphere for the whole family.

Hope the above information has helped you know how to make a log cake for a peaceful and warm Christmas season.