Happy New Year!

My New Year's resolution is not to procrastinate. As a result of waiting until the last minute to complete my December DB Challenge, I didn’t end up finishing. I did start and baked/prepared all the parts up to the ganache and icing for the French Yule log but never got around to finishing it. When the posting date arrived, I was too tired to complete the challenge.

Instead of finishing my Yule log, I revised some old recipes. I have to say my Chocolate Swiss Roll is beginning to look like one. I picked up some pointers from a Japanese food blog to lightly cut into the sponge before rolling to “release muscle” as translated on Babelfish. I was a little heavy handed and cut too deep but it still look pretty good. I’m happy with the result and when I burn off the calories from the whipped cream, I look forward to making it again.

I also prepared a berry tart to share with friends for a potluck. I love making pastry cream and the pairing of it with berries and chocolate is delicious!