Since we'll be having our real Christmas later this week with our girls, I started on our Buche de Noel today. This thread will be a work in progress. Today, molded fondant decorations so they'll have time to dry. The pinecone halves will be put together to make a 3D pinecone.
Buche de Noel
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GotGarlic
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Those are beautiful. Can't wait to see how it progresses.
GotGarlic
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I've been seeing a lot of bûche de Nöel cakes in different places online this year. Your decorations are more realistic than most of the other ones I've seen. Great job for a beginner [emoji2]
Several years ago I made a Buche Noel. I was good at cake but bad at decorations. But I did my best and it tasted great but looked funky.
I took it to my friend's Xmas open house party.
20 minutes later, someone else brought a Buche Noel and it looked perfect. Oh well, I sighed.
Awhile later I noticed all the trash bins had plates of the gorgeous Buche Noel with one bite missing then tossed in the bins. Hmmmm I wondered.
Turns out the gorgeous Buche Noel was from a Japanese bakery and had no dairy: only tofu.
So the homemade, plain, funky-looking original recipe Buche Noel I made was the dessert hit of the party.
I took it to my friend's Xmas open house party.
20 minutes later, someone else brought a Buche Noel and it looked perfect. Oh well, I sighed.
Awhile later I noticed all the trash bins had plates of the gorgeous Buche Noel with one bite missing then tossed in the bins. Hmmmm I wondered.
Turns out the gorgeous Buche Noel was from a Japanese bakery and had no dairy: only tofu.
So the homemade, plain, funky-looking original recipe Buche Noel I made was the dessert hit of the party.
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GotGarlic
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They look great.
Cooking Goddess
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Those are made from meringue, medtran? [emoji50] Wow, they're so real! Looking forward to the finished product.
Cheryl J
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What beautiful work, Med! 
Admittedly, I had to look up Buche de Noel and re-familiarize myself with it. How fun!
Following this thread.
Admittedly, I had to look up Buche de Noel and re-familiarize myself with it. How fun!Following this thread.
Gorgeous work Medtran.
Thanks so much ladies. I spent extra time making them look real. Put a tiny bit of cocoa powder in the sugar for the meringue so they wouldn't be white, white, and then brushed them with more cocoa powder once they were cooked.
msmofet
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Looks fantastic
GotGarlic
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Wow. Stunning.
Dawgluver
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Wow, beautiful!
Andy M.
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WOW! medtran you did a fantastic job! Hard to believe those aren't mushrooms.
Cooking Goddess
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Oh my gosh! That is amazing, medtran!
That is impressive, great job.
Just Cooking
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Excellent...
Ross
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Kayelle
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Here's another echo Med. That looks just fantastic!!
