Not really a tradition, but oyster is a recurring theme.
Maybe an extension from Christmas, we don’t mind having more bûche de noel - Christmas log cake.
Traditionally, it looks like this:
New design each year from pastry chefs, fun to look at. Here are some of the 2019 designs.
Yann Brys
Yann Couvreur - Chilling Christmas
Fox is Yann Couvreur’s signature.
Les Jardins de la Volière for l’Auberge du Jeu de Paume
Yann Brys
François Perret - Le serpentin de chocolat
Jimmy Mornet - La bûche du Chef
Pascal Hainigue
Arnaud Larher - La forêt noire
Stéphane Arrête - Alice in the wonderland
Florence Lesage- Le Noël de Marie-Antoinette
Christophe Michalak - La bûche Violon
Ladurée - La Bûche Marie-Antoinette
Bryan Esposito - La bûche du Palais des Thés
Many designs are very far from the original form. Heard that Christmas season for a pastry shop is 50% of the whole year’s revenue.
