absolutely wonderful....i made it for my husbands christmas luncheon at work...it was used as a table center piece. he said no one attempted to cut it because it looked so nice, they were very happy when he got the knife....it went so fast he didn't even get a piece. i will make 2 next year.

Wow..this was excellent! Everyone loved it....my new favorite cake! =]

Made this for Christmas eve and it was a huge success. I took a tip from another reviewer and rolled it with a silpat mat, fabulous. Made meringue mushrooms to decorate it. It did crack while I was rolling but I was able to hide it with the cream. I found the cream a bit too 'cocoa' and next time will use melted semisweet chocolate for the cream. I will definitely make this cake again as it was light and meltingly delish.

I made this twice over the Christmas hoiday. The first time I did, I did not pay attention to rolling the warm cake so it was actually quite cooled prior to rolling, but it was easy and did not crack. The advise on heavy sugar on the towel in great, especially with the warm cake. I did not heavy whipping cream, so I filled the cake with items I had on hand: homemade buttercream frosting for the inside, canned chocolate for the outside. This cake was a HUGE success with my family, who all love sweets! For the second cake, I did purchase whipping cream, which I used to fill the inside as well as the outside, sice there was so much of it.(pic sent). This one was less sweet, but still delicious. I sprinkled both with powdered sugar, for effect, but wait until serving for that since it dissolves into the frosting.

For some reason, I was intrigued by the idea of making a yule log this year. When I came across this recipe, I figured I would go for it. I'm so glad that I did! This cake was much easier to make than I thought it would be. I used a silicon baking mat for the cake and rolled it onto parchment paper. After filling it, I topped the cake with chocolate ganache. It looked great and tasted even better. This will be a new tradition in my house! Thanks!

I took this yule log to a Christmas gathering last year and was asked to bring it again this year. It sounds intimidating, but really isn't that hard. Last year I turned the cake out on to a tea towel, which worked pretty well, until it came time to do the laundry...then I had to deal with dried pieces of chocolate cake stuck all over the towel. This year I had the brilliant idea of using my silicone baking mat instead of the towel to roll the cake for cooling. It worked! I dusted it with confectioner's sugar as suggested for the towel. The cake came off perfectly and no weird laundry! I iced the outside with the extra filling, made holly leaves and berries out of red and green "fruit slice" candy and put them on top of snow made from some of the filling recipe I saved before adding the cocoa. This recipe makes me look like an expert baker!

Delicious and a fun way to incorporate traditions from other countries!

Wow, this was so tasty! Thanks to 1. the reviewers who recommended spraying the parchment paper with non-stick spray, 2. the reviewer who emphasized the importance of beating the eggs enough, 3. the reviewer who suggested rolling out gumdrops to make holly leaves, and 4. the reviewer who suggested using a fork to make lines that looked like tree bark. My bûche turned out like a work of art! And did I mention it was really tasty? Wow!!

The recipe sounded intimidating but it was surprisingly easy. The cake was fabulous, everyone complimented me on it. Parchment paper is a requirement for this recipe. I sprayed it with PAM for Baking and the cake practically slid off the paper.

I made this cake for a competition in my french class. I coated it in chocolate frosting, then made the frosting darker and made little swirls and lines, so it would look like a real log. Then I attached a decorative tip to the frosting applicator to make a bunch of little leaves, and made bunches of litle cherries. After all that, I lightly dusted it with powdered sugar. It was sooooooo yummy and I got 2nd place for decoration!

It was delicious and looked great. Maybe the next time I use half of the filling to spread on the sponge cake and te other half as frosting with confectioner sugar.

Initially I didn't believe that you could make a cake without flour, but according to the Cooks' Encyclopedia, it's all about the power of eggs. Now all I can say is, you've gotta try it to believe it! The cake was entirely melt-in-the-mouth. Only thing is, as DH said, beware the cholesterol... I greased and floured my greaseproof paper before pouring the batter in, and had minimal issues with tearing the paper off later. Also turned out the cake onto a piece of greaseproof paper dusted with icing sugar and rolled it up, worked fine. And used a Whip Topping from my local bakery supplier for the frosting. Can't wait till Xmas Eve to present it to my relatives!

The directions are written clearly, if you follow them exactly you shouldn’t have a problem. When I served it on Christmas Eve my family raved about it, including my husband and his father who both lived in France. The one thing is… when a couple friends tried it several days later they said it was “eggy” tasting. So, maybe this recipe doesn’t keep well.

It is a cake that can really impress everyone! I got the holy leaves from the neighbors fence (it looks like one) and I used glace cherries for the berries. I baked the muschroom shaped cookies (cap + stem, stick them with cream). It turns out really well and it's really nice as seen in the picture!

The cake had a nice texture and flavor-light and spongy. Instead of making the filling from scratch, I filled it with a whipped topping. It looked really pretty and it was tasty.

The cake for this yule log turned out really light and fluffy. Overall, the recipe made a very rich and decadent dessert. However, it was too rich for my taste and I wish I had reduced the amount of whipped cream/cocoa mixture I added. Although it was time-consuming and a tad complicated, the cake turned out to be beautiful and what can be more festive than a yule log?

This turned out awesomely. The only thing I changed was that I did the inside vanilla whipped cream and the outside chocolate. SO GOOD!