We’re counting down the days until Christmas with a new Bûche de Noël every morning. We’ve also created this Bûche It video for those who want to dance along.
Today’s Bûche du Jour:
Bûche December 25: Crispy dark chocolate praline with a mousse and ganache made from Madagascar chocolate (Millot) on a chewy almond cookie base.
Source: Pierre Hermé (90€ for 10/12 people)
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Fa-la-l’archives
Bûche December 24: “Le Sapin” with caramelized almonds, orange rinds and raisins, all covered in chocolate.
Source: Patrick Roger (35€ for a 14cm tree)
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Bûche December 23: “Bûche Empereur” with coffee and mandarine orange, Moka Sidamo coffee cream, and Périgord walnut cream on a chewy walnut cookie base.
Source: Pain de Sucre (32€ for 4 people; 48€ for 6 people; 64€ for 8 people)
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Bûche December 21: The “Bûche Boule de Noël” is composed of pear cream and chestnut mousse on a chewy dark chocolate cookie base.
Source: Ladurée (77€ for 6/8 people)
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Bûche December 22: “Letter to Santa” cake with almond dacquoise, Madagascar vanilla mousse and a chocolate praline heart. Gluten free!
Source: (78€ for 8 people)
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Bûche December 20: “La Bûche d’Yquem” is covered in gold leaf, scented with réglisse (licorice) and has a heart of dried apricot, lemon and hazelnut.
Source: Le Meurice (96€ for 5/6 people)
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Bûche December 19: “La Bûche Clémentine de Corse” with a crème brûlée scented with vanilla and clementine, enrobed by chestnut cream and decorated with clementine segments and candied clementine.
Source: Christophe Felder for the Publicis Drugstore (39€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 18: “Bûche Lenôtre par Sempé” A creamy almond dacquoise, raspberry jelly, crispy praline and chocolate mousse.
Source: (125€ for 8-10 people)
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Bûche December 17: “Buche Equinoxe” with light Bourbon vanilla cream and salted butter caramel on a speculoos cookie base.
Source: La Pâtisserie by Cyril Lignac (40€ for 6/8 people)
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Bûche December 16: “Bûche Léopard” with dark chocolate mousse from Ghana (68% cacao) and coffee crème brûlée.
Source: Eric Kayser (48€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 15: “Snow Choc” with mango and candied lemon with whipped white chocolate cream covered in vanilla marzipan.
Source: Fauchon (90€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 14: “Extrêmement Ludique” with salted butter caramel, caramel cream, and dark chocolate mousse on a cookie base, all enrobed in caramel glaçage.
Source: Christophe Roussel (22€ for 4 people; 33€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 13: “Monts et Merveilles” with praline mousse studded with caramelized hazelnuts, topped with hazelnut meringue.
Source: Arnaud Lahrer (51€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 12: “Bûche Violette” with white chocolate and vanilla mousse perfumed by violet.
Source: Dominique Saibron (24€ for 4 people; 47€ for 12 people)
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Bûche December 11: “Merveilleuse fruitée” with wild strawberry and a mousse of Madagascar chocolate.
Source: Michel Cluizel (54€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 10: The cake on the left features dark chocolate from Cuba, caramel panacotta, almond nougatine upon a chocolate hazelnut cookie base. The cake on the right has white chocolate, lime, and pistachio nougatine.
Source: Pierre Marcolini (30€ for 4 people; 45€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 9: “Contes de Noël” by Christophe Michalak with Corsican mandarine marmalade and semi-sweet ganache on an almond cookie base, all wrapped in marzipan.
Source: La Plaza Athénée (125€ for 8 people)
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Bûche December 8: “Ombre et Lumière” with pure Venezuelan (Sur Del Lago) chocolate mousse upon a chewy chocolate cookie base.
Source: Pierre Hermé (125€ for 10/12 people)
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Bûche December 7: The “bûche drapée” has hazelnut dacquoise with both milk & dark chocolate mousse upon an almond cookie with cherry compote and raspberry gelée.
Source: Jean-Paul Hévin (34€ for 6 people; 44€ for 8 people)
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Bûche December 6: Chestnut dacquoise with black current cream, chestnut paste & candied chestnuts
Source: Des Gateaux et du Pain (38€ for 4 people; 68€ for 8 people)
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Bûche December 5: “Voie Lactée” with hazelnut dacquoise, caramel & chocolate
Source: Un Dimanche à Paris (38€)
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Bûche December 4: “Infuzzz” with dark chocolate with chewy cookies and a compote with citrus and Bourbon vanilla
Source: Richart (30€ for 3/4 people; 40€ for 5/6 people)
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Bûche December 3: “Eclat d’or” with light marscapone cream, praline, chocolate rice krispies, & dark chocolate cream
Source: Dalloyau (72€ for 6 people)
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Bûche December 2: “Magie de Paris” with 22 carat gold covering the dark chocolate Paris monuments. The cake inside the cage is dark chocolate mousse with Bourbon vanilla cream, cherry compote and sacher cookie on a base of marzipan with cherry pulp.
Source: La Maison du Chocolat (119€ for 6-8 people)
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Bûche December 1: “Bûche Or Noir” with an almond cookie base, caramelized hazelnuts, buckwheat scented dark chocolate mousse and caramelized pecan & vanilla mousse.
Source: Café Pouchkine (49€ for 6 people)
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