Year 9 & 10 French Baking

Year 9 and 10 French Bûche de noël decorating

An important part of French Christmas festivities and the elective French courses is the annual Bûche de noël decorating. Also known as a Yule Log, this cake evokes the forest floor with a rolled chocolate cake decorated to look like a tree stump or fallen tree. The year 9 and 10 French classes split into groups, each received their cake, whipped cream, chocolate, toadstool biscuits or meringues, and began constructing and decorating their cake. Some were more successful than others, but all of them were delicious and fun to build. The finishing touches of using a fork to scrape through the outside to create bark, and a dusting of icing sugar to look like snow, helped to elevate the final product. Look at some of the masterpieces!

Monsieur de Jong