You know, people claim Christmas to be just a holiday of immense consuming. Buying things that they dont really need, giving gifts for the sake of it, not really thinking about the whole meaning of Christmas. I dont want to steer it into a religious talk, because I dont view Christmas as religious holiday. For me, Christmas is a time for family to come together. That gives me the feeling of togetherness and love. Thats Christmas for me.
And one of my favourite Christmas movies is Christmas Carol, based on Charles Dickens. One reason I love this movie in addition to the great storyline and amazing voices is the music. Already the opening piece makes me feel like Christmas no matter the time of the year. Hope you like the music and the movie, its really worth watching.
But the other reason for writing this in the middle of the busy day is that I finished my Yule-log!! Yay!
It gave me some hard time because I had never made sponge before. But it worked out just fine. I got the idea and the recipe from sortedfood.com. Go and check their page out, those guys have tons of other awesome recipes and tutorial videos. Their yule-log had Baileys Irish Cream in it, but since I wanted to make non-alcoholic one I made a substitution. I used strawberry curd-cream and whipped cream in 50:50 ratio. So its made of chocolate sponge, strawberry curd-whipped cream filling and chocolate buttercream covering it all. I'll see how it tastes tomorrow.
I know my Yule-log doesnt look like it came out of a bakery, but it looks great for the first time. I put couple of pictures here, first is my sponge all rolled up and cooling and the second one is the final product. I hope it makes your mouth water, dear Void!
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