Fire Up the Christmas Dessert Table With a Yule Log | Seasonal Food and Country Style Recipes

LITITZ, Pa. — Armed with spatulas, knives and piping bags, seven culinary enthusiasts tried their best to make chocolate resemble bark on a log.

A yule log to be specific.

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Helene and Kirk Firoglanis work on their yule log cakes.

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Helene Firoglanis adds a little powdered sugar “snow” to her Bûche de Noël.

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Anna Farmer pipes chocolatey “bark” onto her yule log.

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Andrew Black and Anna Farmer smooth out sponge cake batter before it goes into the oven.

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Sally Hock rolls the sponge cake straight out of the oven so it stays flexible.

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