Marzipan mushrooms

Stump de Noël is just as festive as the Bûche de Noël, but perhaps a little easier to make. It has delicious mulled wine flavor infused into the chocolate cake layers and it's filled with black cherry buttercream.

Marzipan mushrooms look adorable placed alongside a Buche de Noel, but they could enhance any winter holiday cookie tray as well.

I love using marzipan to model cake decorations; typically, I make woodland decorations - mushrooms, pinecones, holly berries, and holly leaves - for my bûche de noël. Pressed for time, I ended up buying a tube of marzipan tonight for these mushrooms that will go on the dessert tray tomorrow night. But I've had homemade marzipan and it is undeniably better than this. Still, these will suffice, especially since these will be plucked from the tray by excited little hands! Once I formed the…

Meringue mushrooms are adorable on Christmas cookie platters and perfect for decorating cakes like yule logs (Meringue mushrooms step-by-step photos)

Along with the late fall mushrooms that seem to pop up everywhere, so too begins the holiday season, full of good food, friends and family and tasty sweets. In an effort to mix a little nature education in with our sugar rush, we decided to make models of wild mushrooms out of marzipan. Whether bought at the store or made at home, marzipan can be easily rolled and molded almost like play dough. Mushroom shapes can be simply crafted and embellished with coco powder... ... or a little natural…

Use this recipe to make our Buche de Noel.

Airy, delicious, and unbelievably realistic, these meringue mushrooms are a showstopper. Use them to decorate a Yule Log / Bûche De Noël.

Whimsical Meringue Mushrooms Recipe by Chef Philippe Discover the art of whimsical baking with Chef Philippe's delightful meringue mushrooms. Enhance your cake decorations or enjoy them as a sweet treat, these charming meringues add magic to any dessert setting. Perfect for creative baking enthusiasts!

Along with the late fall mushrooms that seem to pop up everywhere, so too begins the holiday season, full of good food, friends and family and tasty sweets. In an effort to mix a little nature education in with our sugar rush, we decided to make models of wild mushrooms out of marzipan. Whether bought at the store or made at home, marzipan can be easily rolled and molded almost like play dough. Mushroom shapes can be simply crafted and embellished with coco powder... ... or a little natural…

These mushrooms look like the real thing and are especially beautiful on a Bûche de Noël.