Festive Chocolate Log Cake

From the blogger: "Christmas is around the corner. Have you planned making your Christmas cake? I wonder how many of you make your own Christmas cake every year! 'Buche de Noel' or 'Yule Log Cake' is an old Christmas confection. A perfect roll cake, dressed with the silky French buttercream and topped with chocolate and pomegranate jewels. Dust the cake with powdered sugar just before serving to give it that snowy effect. There is no cake better than a chocolate log cake to grace your Christmas table and do you know how French buttercream is made? Simply it is made using boiled sugar syrup which you remove from heat and directly pour it into the beaten egg yolks, then you have to leave it to cool down completely before you beat the egg yolk mixture with butter and cocoa. You will end up with the most tasty chocolate buttercream you've ever had. The chocolate buttercream can be made one day ahead, and kept in the fridge, but since it hardens, make sure to remove it one hour before dressing the cake. Don't let the long process put you off! I am certain you will love this recipe if you give it a try. Happy holidays to all! May your days be merry and bright and may your Christmas be white! Merry Christmas everyone!"

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