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Cardamom-Pistachio Bûche de Noël

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Photo of a Buche de Noel.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Samantha Seneviratne

A pistachio custard filling makes for an enchanting moss-green spiral inside this cardamom sponge cake Yule log. Shards of melted chocolate dusted with cocoa powder are the secret to the bark exterior.

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