Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chocolate log. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cut a thick diagonal slice from one end of the log. Lift the log on to a plate, then arrange the slice on the side with the diagonal cut against the cake to make a branch. Spread the icing over the log and branch (don't cover the ends), then use a fork to mark the icing to give the effect of tree bark. Chocolate Yule Log For many years, this impressive rolled cake has been a favorite Christmas dessert for our family— everyone just loves it!
Chocolate log is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chocolate log is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chocolate log using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate log:
- Make ready Cake
- Make ready 3 eggs
- Make ready 85 g Caster sugar
- Prepare 85 g Plain flour
- Take 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Take Icing
- Prepare 50 g butter
- Make ready 140 g dark chocolate
- Take 5 tbsp double cream
- Prepare 1 tbsp golden syrup
- Prepare 200 g icing sugar
- Take Middle
- Get 300 ml double cream (minus 5tbsp using for the icing)
You'll love the chocolate here because it mimics the real bark of a tree, but the cake could be frosted with a vanilla frosting too! What's the tradition behind a yule log cake? This chocolate Yule log is the perfect Christmas dessert for the whole family. The Hairy Bikers ' chocolate Yule log is truly scrumptious: a light fluffy chocolate Swiss roll covered in delicious chocolate icing and sprinkled in 'snowy' coconut, it couldn't be more Christmassy.
Instructions to make Chocolate log:
- Whisk eggs and sugar together until creamy
- Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powered into the mixture. Folder the dry ingredients into the wet
- Line a tin with grease proof paper and pour in the mixture
- Bake at 200oC for 10mins
- Lay a fresh sheet of grease proof paper on a work surface. When the cake is ready, tip it onto the paper, peel off the lining paper, then roll the cake up from its longest edge with the paper inside. Leave to cool.
- To make the icing, melt the butter and chocolate in a bain-marie.
- When melted, take off the heat and add the cream and golden syrup. Beat in the icing sugar
- For the middle, whisk the remaining of the cream until it holds it shape
- Unroll the cake and spread the cream on. Carefully roll back up
- Cut a thick diagonal slice from one end of the log. Lift the log on to a plate, then arrange the slice on the side with the diagonal cut against the cake to make a branch. Spread the icing over the log and branch (don’t cover the ends), then use a fork to mark the icing to give the effect of tree bark.
- Scatter with unsifted icing sugar to resemble snow
This chocolate Yule log is the perfect Christmas dessert for the whole family. The Hairy Bikers ' chocolate Yule log is truly scrumptious: a light fluffy chocolate Swiss roll covered in delicious chocolate icing and sprinkled in 'snowy' coconut, it couldn't be more Christmassy. In a small bowl, mix cocoa and hot water until smooth; cool slightly. Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and cocoa mixture. Leave the roll wrapped in the paper until cold, then unroll it and fill with whipped cream.
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