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A Buche De Noel (French Yule Log Cake) - Part 1

Ingredients :
ALMOND SPONGE SHEET
3	x	Egg yolks
1/2	cup	Sugar, granulated
1	med	Orange, grated rind & juice
3/4	cup	Almonds, blanched & ground
		. with 3 Tbsp granulated
		. sugar
1/4	tsp	Almond extract
1/2	cup	Flour, cake
3	x	Egg whites
3	tbl	Sugar, granulated
		Confectioner's sugar, in a
		. sifter
MERINGUE BASE
3	lrg	Egg whites
		pn Salt
1/4	tsp	Cream of tartar, scant
1 1/3	cup	Sugar, granulated
FILLING BASE
12	oz	Semisweet baker's chocolate
		. melted with 1/3 cup
		. strong coffee
1	tbl	Vanilla extract
3	tbl	Rum, dark, jamaican
4	tbl	Butter, unsalted, softened
FILLING
4	tbl	Butter, unsalted, softened
DECORATION
3	tbl	Unsweetened cocoa, in a tea
		. strainer
		Confectioner's sugar, in a
		. sifter
SPUN CARAMEL VEIL
1	cup	Sugar, granualted
3	tbl	Syrup, corn, white

How to cook :

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUGGESTEDA jelly-roll pan about 11 by 17 inches; butter, wax paper, and flour for the pan; an electric blender or food processor for the aImonds; a table-model electric mixer for the meringue; a pastry bag with 3/8-inch tube opening and a separate tube with l/8-inch opening, for the mushrooms; a buttered and floured no-stick pas try sheet for the mushrooms; a serving board to hold the log plenty of wax paper; an oiled broom handle suspended between 2 chair backs and newspapers on the floor, for the caramel.
** For the directions, please see part #2**.

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