Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Night Before Christmas…


…tiny snowmen invaded my holiday kitchen. Sweet little snowmen that were originally manufactured to be Christmas package decorations used at department store gift wrapping counters, circa late 1940s...





….now these tiny snowmen dance in coconut snow….…a sweet life to be sure…especially when they now decorate our traditional French holiday dessert, the yummy Buche de Noel (yule log)…





….a classic French rolled cake filled with flavored buttercream and ganache frosting that’s textured to look like tree bark.





Decorating is the fun part! Meringue mushrooms dusted with coco powder pop up among tiny trees and anything else your heart desires….like little vintage snowmen whose sole job now is to wish you a very Merry Christmas….a la French style!

1 comments:

Glenda/MidSouth said...

Years ago I kept saying I was going to make a yule log, but just never got around to doing it.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!