Learn to bake and assemble a yule log cake, or Buche de Noel, and incorporate a new tradition into your Christmas celebrations. In this hands-on cooking class, you will get tips and techniques to prepare two different versions of this nature-inspired, festive dessert: gingerbread cake with a brown butter Frangelico frosting and a genoise cassata cake with whipped ricotta amaretto frosting under a glaçage au chocolate.

Meg Dhamer, private chef and owner, The Secret Supper Club
Learning Center, ITW Kitchen 3