With rebirth on the brain, I wondered what I could create in the wacky tacky kitsch-en that would represent a seasonally-appropriate gastronomic resurrection. Without sounding too irreverent, I concluded that there is no better time of year to resurrect a classic symbol of the Christmas season, born again with an Easter Holiday twist! The Bûche de Noël or Yule Log, is a rolled cake meant to resemble a fallen, winter, woodland log found during Christmas. Figuring that if it is good enough for the birth then it's good enough for the resurrection, I came up with the "Bûche de Pâques" or "Easter Log" (even if you have no idea what it means, it's a name that sounds much more appetizing in French).
As ever, my visions of professional, cake-decorating perfection narrowly exceeded the spindly grasp of my pitiful pastry prowess. Nevertheless, having become well acquainted with abject kitsch-en failure (believe it or not, I only show you the "successes"), I am mostly satisfied with the outcome. The only concession in failure (or mild satisfaction) is that an ugly cake can still be a tasty cake!
Other than the Bûche de Pâques, the Easter preparations are essentially over around here. With no children around, there are less eggs to dye and less handfuls of jelly beans and chocolate eggs to surreptitiously rescue from unwatched Easter baskets - the real benefit being the absence of Easter grass to find everywhere, all year long, until next Easter no matter how often we sweep, vacuum, dust, swiffer, lint roll, etc. Truly, the break is a bit of a relief from the veritable Easter Egg factory that is usual around these parts; we'll just have to get that old Easter feeling from the "Egg Cracker Suite."
We wish you all the best for a very Happy Easter!!!
Cheers!
Mr. Tiny
In preparation for sharing the Bûche de Pâques with you, I obviously made it several days in advance of the Easter Holiday. Not one to let a good cake go uncelebrated, I repurposed it as a birthday cake to commemorate Mary's 21st birthday.
HAPPY She never knew the difference.... |
"Egg Cracker Suite"
We wish you all the best for a very Happy Easter!!!
Cheers!
Mr. Tiny
what a triumph! it looks great on top of that tinted coconut!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rae! It occurs to me that tinting coconut is quickly becoming a favorite pastime - it goes with/in/on everything!!!
DeleteOh my stars! GIANT SWISS CAKE ROLL! I want it...NOW!
ReplyDeleteThe GIANTEST!!! Next time you're in CA, you get a cake!
Deletecutest cake ever
ReplyDeleteretro rover
Thank you!
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