01 October 2008

Ten Days of Birthday: Day 1

Today we embark on a ten day journey of birthday celebration through baking creations. Big Robert D turned 21 this day and I set out to create the yule log of his dreams for the occasion. For those who don't know what a yule log is, let me refer you to the wikipedia page wherefrom I pulled the following educational tidbit:

A Yule log, sometimes known as the Great Ashen Faggot,[1] is a large log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in some cultures. It can be a part of the Winter Solstice festival or the Twelve Days of Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Twelfth Night.

The expression "Yule log" has also come to refer to log-shaped Christmas cakes, also known as "chocolate logs" or "Bûche de Noël".

RD and I generally tend to not collaborate well on kitchen excursions of the baking kind; but today for whatever reason went rater smoothly. Rob said that he wanted to help with his birthday yule and so I let him, and after traumatizing me only a little about the egg separation process we mixed up a respectable sponge cake.

The cake is still sitting completely intact in the freezer and even though I would really like to get a cross-sectional pic of the nicely rolled cake and the blueberry creamcheese filling I'll have to wait until someone slices into it, possibly on day two. For now, this is all I've got-


1 comment:

burrito_bryant said...

Unfortunately the first slice was in fact followed fairly closely by the last slice, and the photo op window has been shut as quickly as it was opened..