Join Sandrine and step into one of France’s most beloved Christmas tradition : La bûche de Noël!

During her baking class, Sandrine will teach you to bake the staple dessert found on every Christmas table in France: the bûche de Noël (Yule Log). An easy tasty dessert to make to impress your guests! Two recipes, a sponge cake filled with chocolate ganache, and the second is a sponge cake filled with vanilla cream and raspberry gelée.

The sponge cake will be ready to be assembled with the chocolate ganache and vanilla cream which you'll make ready to spread and pipe. Then roll the bûche and let's make it pretty! 

What you will participate in ?

Prépare the fillings (the chocolate ganache, the vanilla cream, the raspberry gelée)

Roll the sponge cake tight

Finish the Yule log and create that texture like bark

Decorate your bûche

Taste it and go home with the recipe

You will learn the vocabulary of French bakeries and pastry shops with a native speaker.

The class will be in French  - Open to all,  with a B2 level minimum (intermediate and advanced) in French

The Yule logs will be served during the Alliance Française Winter Party on the same evening so you can enjoy and share with everyone.

Sandrine has been passionate about French Pâtisserie since her younger age. She left a corporate career to spend time with her family, baking and getting her pastry chef diploma in Paris during the pandemic. She moved from France 4 years ago. She founded Canele Bakery @canele_bakery_pa  and attends the Growers Market in West Chester twice a month, supplies coffee shops, and is always happy to bake for any occasion (birthday party, wedding, baby shower, gender reveal, etc.)

Bakery workshop - Terms and Policies (link to PDF)

Event Information

Date : Friday,  December 11, 2026

Time : 3:00-4:30pm

Location : 1420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19102 

Language : French B2 level minimum (intermediate and advanced), English   

Cost : $50 AF Members /$55 Non Members