Comments on: A French Tradition in a Kumquat Bûche de Noël — Une tradition française pour une bûche de Noël aux kumquats

By: pessy

pessy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:13:24 +0000

Bea, I have never done a bouche du noel and am looking forward to trying it next week. how can i do this for more than 8 people? would i need to make 2 separate ones? Also, how far in advance can i make this? can i break it up? i.e. freeze the cake in the towl? or would that not be a good idea?

By: Rocker

Rocker — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:57:32 +0000

You make the meals look as if you could reach out and grab it. The arrangement of the food is nice. I would like to make this some time

By: mike

mike — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:53 +0000

I think the fruit in it is better then the one with the chocolate and creme. It puts a nice twist on the meal

By: The Snow, Friends, and the Bûche de Noël — La neige, des amis, et la bûche de Noël by La Tartine Gourmande

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:41:00 +0000

[...] you remember the bûche I made last year, with vanilla cream, and marinated kumquats? I was delighted to hear that my friend J. successfully made her first bûche last week, using this [...]

By: Béa

Béa — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:48:35 +0000

Thank you all for your comments!

By: Anita

Anita — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:45:42 +0000

What a lovely take on the buche! I am in love with your styling!

By: fanny

fanny — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:49:54 +0000

Hi Bea,
your buche looks unusual yet gorgeous.
And i’ really fond of the idea of eating buche before Noel. Sounds so good to me!

- fanny

By: sue

sue — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:20:25 +0000

Every time I visit your blog, you impress me so much with your food and pictures.
I really do admire you. You can even create nice pictures with broken egg shells.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:12:37 +0000

What a lovely post – I feel all Christmassy now! And what a fabulous dessert. Being from a country where Christmas falls in the middle of summer, I am always on the lookout for special puddings that will work well in a warm climate (I made baked Alaska once…) and this certainly qualifies as a show-stopper. I have never made anything with kumquats but this looks like a great place to start.

By: gattina

gattina — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:10:22 +0000

I feel your Kumquat Buche de Noel particularly fimilar, I guess it’s because kumquat is our Chinese New Year fruit. Its flavor is so intense that I may not like to eat it everyday, but in a special occasion I just want that taste, and they are so pretty to look at isn’t it?
Your recipe is so well-written and enlighten us some good decoration/baking tips! These days I see you experimenting different shots that taken from the top, it takes some good sense in graphic and layout, needless to say, you accomplish it beautifully Bea!