Merry Christmas to all!
In 2006 – The International Culinary Academy has awarded me the
Cordon D’or-Gold Ribbon
for the recipe and execution of this Yule Log!
I was very honored!
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This beautiful pastry is called Yule Log, Buche de Noel, Christmas Log, Baumstamm or by any other name…it is still a wonderful Christmas Cake and will grace any table with beauty.
It will make anyone’s taste buds tingle and dance just to look at it…
The cake is made of a sponge cake, filled with a coffee or vanilla butter cream,
then constructed in a shape that one feels the log is laying in the woods…
This is where I have the most fun…working with the chocolate icing like working with clay.
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I would like to thank everyone who so generously is viewing my posts on this blog throughout the year, and I am most grateful for the many kind comments I have received in the past from many viewers…
And to those who have subscribed to my blog…
I am touched by your interest and loyalty..a big thank you to all……….
My wish for everyone is to have
a most wonderful Christmas, with family and friends.
I hope you will be sharing love and cheer with thoughts of giving from your heart
and
I wish everyone many Blessings in 2012!
Maja
Maria Reisz Springer
Dear Maria,
You are one of the very special people! Thank you so much for all of your wonderful contributions to all of us in so many ways.
Merry Christmas and God’s blessing to you and your family.
Love,
Judy
Thank you – Judy, for your very nice comment…..It has been so nice to see you and Key ….and meeting little Minori at the gingerbread decorating….I love having all of you here….
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas …. and all the Blessings in 2012!
Hugs to you……….
Dear Maria,
My husband’s mother used to make the most wonderful desserts. Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful treasures. Merry Christmas! Best wishes to you in 2012.
Julia Evinger
Hi Julia…..it is so nice to hear from you!!!!!!!!!!! I know that the Ewinger Neni made wonderful cakes…so did all the women in Veliskovci…I remember one summer they all came to my grandfather Reisz’s Inn to prepare for a wedding…there were many long tables lined up in the garden where the women from the village came and placed their layered cakes with lots of different icings on them…It was like a competition among them who would bring the most interesting and best tasting, and most beautiful cake that day….
And to think none had any recipes to follow….they had learned from their mothers, and mothers learned from their mothers….All the cooking was handed down from one generation to the next……
Please, tell Hi to all the Ewingers….and I wish you and all your family a very Happy Christmas and lots of blessing in 2012!
Hugs to you……………
That is so cool!!! I’ve looked at those recipes and I’m just not very good at the decorating part. Maybe one of these days I’ll have to give it a try anyway….Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and we’ll hopefully see you in the New Year.
C.C. Fridlin
Hi C,C………….thank you for stopping by…..I would not worry about not being able to decorate cakes…..the important part is that they taste great…and I am sure you make certain that they do…
Your blog is wonderful and your menus are interesting and I imagine your cooking classes are really well attended…
I wish you and your family a very Blessed Christmas, and lots of success and blessings in 2012!
Hugs………..
Another beautiful cake. Can’t wait for your cookbook!.. How is it going? Have a wonderful holiday season. Hugs, Betty Ann
Maria, The Christmas log looks delicious. I love chocolate (and cake, too).
It is truly a work of art. Happy Christmas to you, Dale, Charlie and family.