Bûche de noël

This thing took all day, would've taken two if it weren't for our kitchenaid stand mixer. The cake was an orange-almond spongecake. The frosting was made with whipped cream, italian merengue, chocolate, and coffee. The mushrooms were piped Italian merengue dried on a silpat for a couple hours. The cake ended up being ridiculously sweet. Oh well, at least it looked nice.