{"id":2054,"date":"2009-12-11T13:52:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2018-11-06T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:53:24","slug":"my-3-favorite-holiday-dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/my-3-favorite-holiday-dessert\/","title":{"rendered":"My #3 Favorite Holiday Dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Holiday Sweet: My #3 Favorite Holiday Dessert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has a favorite holiday sweet, the trouble for me is deciding which of my favorite holiday sweets is number one. In previous discussions of Christmas desserts, I\u2019ve ranked Linzer Tart Cookies, my favorite cookie for Christmas as number 5. Croquembouche became a contemporary favorite of my holiday sweets after culinary school, and I\u2019ve ranked it number 4 on my list of sweet Christmas dishes.<br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K77hUPpr5-g\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When it comes to holiday cake, none beats Bouche Noel in my opinion.<\/strong> The Yule log holiday cake can be decorated in so many unique ways and really take your imagination further than a round, two-layer cake for the holidays.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBouche Noel looks more difficult to prepare than it is.<\/strong> It\u2019s a jelly roll cake laid on its side and arranged to look like a fallen tree limb. I\u2019ve demonstrated the French genoise sponge cake method in videos before. It\u2019s a very thin, pliable cake that\u2019s created using the sponge mixing method.<\/p>\n<p>This holiday cake isn\u2019t round and flat. It\u2019s iced and rolled into a long tube. 45 degree cuts can be made in the roll and placed at an angle to resemble branches coming off the tree. Using a star-tip pastry bag, you can pipe your icing onto the cake so it looks like tree bark.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHere\u2019s the most fun holiday cake garnishing tip I know<\/strong>. Try to find interesting leaves outside. Wash and dry them, and paint them with tempered chocolate. When the chocolate re-sets, peel the leaf back and get all the natural texture from nature in a piece of chocolate garnish for a holiday cake.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBouche Noel is a different type of holiday cake to consider this year.<\/strong> It makes a fantastic visual appeal before and after it\u2019s sliced. It\u2019s my number three favorite holiday sweet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.genndi.com\/register\/169105139238437402\/afc0f3bfe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail aligncenter\" title=\"Holiday468x60\" src=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HolidaySuccess250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\u201c400\u201d\" height=\"\u201c400\u201d\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn Holiday Cooking Stress into <a href=\"https:\/\/events.genndi.com\/register\/169105139238437402\/afc0f3bfe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiday Cooking Success<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the holiday sweet topic, none beats bouche noel for holiday cakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32,45,46],"tags":[229],"yst_prominent_words":[1557,607,1120,501,1534,1531,1556,1532,1558,1560,383,1561],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}