Ouch, my sugar infested head!! Here is my fabulous Gingerbread House! It's a bummer that it got wrapped in cellophane before I could take pics of it, but you get the gist. It'll make an appearance at Christmas for sure, I'm looking forward to it! Well, the actual Gingerbread bit is what I'm looking foward to, I've kinda gone off lollies since I haven't been able to eat them! Sneaking one or two now and again is well enough for me. Chocolate on the other hand, that's another story! Look 
Mum, I made a little pile of "logs" at the front door (chocolate bullets!) It is an asymetrical house as one slope of the roof has a dormer window (in the second pic, pity it's so dark, but I'm full of sugar so lack the concentration to fix it up on Photoshop!!) I had to begin to just put lollies in random patterns cos people from the other tables kept coming over and taking our lollies! I wanted to stick em on before they all disappeared!! So on to the Buche Noel (Yule Log), brace yourself Mum, it doesn't quite look like yours!... u
nfortunately it is a little dry, I think that may have happened cos it stayed wrapped in the tea towel overnight, but it's ok cos I used the old addage "Ganache covers a multitude of baking disasters" and instead of icing it I covered it in ganache. I hope my work mates don't notice. They don't bake so I might be safe... I also used mousse as the filling instead of the whipped cream recipe and I think it's not as good, I don't recommend it Mum! Anywho... here is my Yule Log with it's piece of holly and a marshmallow snowman, isn't he cute! The cake didn't roll up quite as tight as I would have liked either, but it didn't break! I broke up a Cadbury Flake over the top to create "bark". Do you think it looks ok? Well, 
there was heaps of ganache left so I dipped the bums of some of the tiny puddings I made yesterday into it, then there was still a bit left so I spooned it into a mug, poured in milk and microwaved it... man, thats a delicious hot choc! I got 2 sips in and felt sick from too much baking and "testing" the ganache so I had to abandon it. Yes, Yvette I felt bad and would have posted it down your way if I could!! I hope my work mates like these sweet Christmas treats!
nfortunately it is a little dry, I think that may have happened cos it stayed wrapped in the tea towel overnight, but it's ok cos I used the old addage "Ganache covers a multitude of baking disasters" and instead of icing it I covered it in ganache. I hope my work mates don't notice. They don't bake so I might be safe... I also used mousse as the filling instead of the whipped cream recipe and I think it's not as good, I don't recommend it Mum! Anywho... here is my Yule Log with it's piece of holly and a marshmallow snowman, isn't he cute! The cake didn't roll up quite as tight as I would have liked either, but it didn't break! I broke up a Cadbury Flake over the top to create "bark". Do you think it looks ok? Well, 
there was heaps of ganache left so I dipped the bums of some of the tiny puddings I made yesterday into it, then there was still a bit left so I spooned it into a mug, poured in milk and microwaved it... man, thats a delicious hot choc! I got 2 sips in and felt sick from too much baking and "testing" the ganache so I had to abandon it. Yes, Yvette I felt bad and would have posted it down your way if I could!! I hope my work mates like these sweet Christmas treats!:) C
3 comments:
Your christmas pudds look fantastic! I have never made a yule log! I love yours covered with ganache tho - wish I could try some! Never thought of a ganache hot chocolate either!! Not that I ever have any ganache left over...
I bought a gingerbread train from Aldi last year and we never got around to making it!! None of us like gingerbread at all, so we never each out house/train, so I'm happy to use the stale old train this year for decorating! We don't each much of the lollies either. Tassy's the only one who likes lollies really!
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Wow Charlotte, you are so amazing, I can't believe all the cooking you do. MMMmmm can't wait to give your goodies the taste test at the family Xmas party. Love aj
Charlotte you write sooo well. We so enjoy reading your'diary'. The house looks terrif. Love the dormer window. Yes the tea-towel probably did dry out the Log but you fixed it with the mouse and ganache. Mmm ganache hot chocolate. I think I might have like that too.
So glad I passed on my fiddly things cooking to you. Although you seem to have more time for baking fancy stuff than I did with 4 kiddies. Hey, it must have been all the bench sitting you did as a toddler while I cooked. You must have learnt so much by watching!!
Love Mum
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