Une Souche De Noël

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Sonya Terjanian

subheading: for the eggnog cake (you’ll need 1.5 times this recipe, to make 5 8-inch layers and 4 cupcakes):

2 ⅔ cup (260 grams) all-purpose flour

⅓ cup (40 grams) cornstarch

3 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¾ cup (170 grams) butter, soft

¾ teaspoon kosher salt

1 ⅓ cups (265 grams) sugar

¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

6 large egg yolks (110 grams)

2 tablespoons (30 mL) rum or whiskey

1 tablespoon (15 mL) vanilla extract

1 cup (240 mL) milk

subheading: for the maple soak:

⅓ cup (80 mL) maple syrup

2 tablespoons (30 mL) whiskey or rum

subheading: for the whipped ganache (may need to double; a reader found she needed approximately twice as much frosting):

18 ounces (500 grams) bittersweet chocolate

2 pinches kosher salt

2 cups (500 mL) heavy cream

subheading: for the meringue mushrooms:

3 egg whites

small pinch cream of tartar

¾ cup (300 grams) sugar

pinch of salt

¼ cup (60 mL) water

cocoa powder, for dusting

subheading: to assemble:

marzipan holly branches

chopped skinned pistachios

crushed chocolate cookies

powdered sugar, for dusting

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