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A yule log cake or Bûche de Noël is one of those holiday desserts that looks wildly impressive—and is genuinely fun to make. It starts with a flourless cocoa sponge rolled with a fluffy cream filling, then gets coated in whipped chocolate ganache that you frost into those classic bark-like lines. From there, the magic happens: crisp meringue mushrooms, sparkling sugared cranberries, and a snowfall of confectioners’ sugar that makes it look like it came straight out of a winter forest.
