December Daring Baker Challenge: French Yule Log

When I saw the December challenge posted at the beginning of the month I was floored. This month's challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu Pour Etre Heureux. They have chosen a French Yule Log by Flore from Florilege Gourmand. This isn't the yule log that most people think of... this is basically a 6 layer frozen dessert. Yep... 6 different components going into one dessert!

Just reading the recipe was daunting. The recipe document was 18 pages! I printed out the recipe and didn't look at it for a week or two. I was so busy and knew that this challenge was indeed going to be DARING!



Once I finally sat down and read the recipe, I realized that while the recipe would be time consuming, it wasn't going to be difficult. It was going to require some organization and time management, but those are two of my strong suits! :) Most of the 18 pages consisted of variations on the main recipe and once I picked my flavors, it wasn't too bad!



I decided to use a vanilla mousse and make the remaining components chocolate. I didn't have any problems with the recipes. I think the biggest issue came from having to bake the creme brulee MUCH longer than the recipe stated in order for it to set.



Assembling the log was easy and, if I do say so myself, the final product looks great! It definately is a show stopper dessert. I was worried that with all the different layers that it would be overkill, but it worked! It tasted great! My favorite part was the crisp insert which tasted like a Crunch bar, only 100 times better. I LOVED it!!!

Thanks so much to our hosts this month. It was a wonderful challenge and I had a lot of fun with it! Check out the blogroll as I'm sure there are GORGEOUS logs out there!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!