I am not from French descent, but boy do I appreciate this traditional French dessert. A flourless chocolate cake, a creamy, smooth chocolate mousse filling and covered with chocolate ganache. Not everyone uses mousse, not everyone covers with ganache, so this is somewhat of a combination of many different recipes found online. (Therefore, I’m not certain how “traditional” this creation really is – but very certain that it’s DELICIOUS.) I strongly suggest doing the ganache and log carvings. If you’re going to go to the trouble to put this log together, why not make the extra effort to make it look like an actual log? Presentation is everything, bloggos!

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