Author Notes
Just in time for holiday dinners, The Confidante Miami Beach is offering an Eggnog Yule Log recipe to make the perfect sweet treat at home. If in Miami, make sure to stop at The Confidante's signature restaurant, Bird & Bone by Chef Richard Hales, which will be serving the dish as the closing compliment to a holiday meal on Christmas and New Year’s Day. —Staff
Ingredients
- Cake
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3/4 cup
all purpose flour
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2 tablespoons
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
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5
large eggs
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3/4 cup
brown sugar
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1/4 cup
sunflower oil
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3 teaspoons
bourbon
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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1 pinch
salt
- Filling
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1/4 cup
bourbon
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2 cups
pastry cream
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2 cups
ganache
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1/3 cup
dark chocolate
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meringue mushrooms
Directions
- Cake
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line 2 half sheet trays with parchment paper, spray with cooking spray.
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Sift flour into a medium bowl add baking powder, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. Whisk to combine.
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On a double boiler combine the eggs, brown sugar and salt, whisk until warm.
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Transfer to a stand mixer, whisk on medium speed for 5 minutes until foamy and light, turn to high speed until ribbony and thick.
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Reduce speed to medium, drizzle oil followed by the booze and vanilla. Sprinkle flour and gently incorporate the dry ingredients.
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Spread on baking sheets and bake until it feels firm to the touch about 15 min, take out and cover with aluminum foil immediately.
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Cool down at room temperature.
- Filling
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Combine all filling ingredients and warm to spreadable consistency.
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Remove the foil from the cake, spoon the filling evenly on to the cake leaving 1 inch margin all around the edges.
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Roll the cake starting from the long side using the parchment paper, position the rolled up cake seam side down.
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Cover the surface with more ganache.
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Refrigerate until ganache has hardened.
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Cut 3 to 4 inch pieces on the bias.
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Decorate with meringue mushrooms.
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