The swirl; the cracks. Any avid watcher of The Great British Bake Off is familiar with the pitfalls of the Swiss roll, aka the roll cake, the yule log, the bûche de Noël. But this impressive-looking ...

Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based award-winning food writer and author of 10 cookbooks. She is a regular recipe tester and editor for Eater as well as for restaurants and appliance brands.

Learn how to make the traditional French Christmas cake, Bûche de Noël, using a frying pan in this step-by-step guide. Discover the techniques and ingredients needed to create this festive dessert.

Julia Child’s impressive chocolate-almond Christmas cake Bûche de Noël taught me to never apologize. Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christina Daley When I ...

Bûche de Noël, or Yule log, is the most traditional Christmas cake in France. It's a light jelly-roll-style cake that's filled with a decadent chocolate cream filling and rolled up into the shape of a ...