Steps to Prepare Ultimate Chocolate log

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chocolate log. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chocolate log is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chocolate log is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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!

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first 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:

1. Take Cake
2. Get 3 eggs
3. Prepare 85 g Caster sugar
4. Get 85 g Plain flour
5. Get 2 tbsp cocoa powder
6. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Make ready Icing
8. Prepare 50 g butter
9. Take 140 g dark chocolate
10. Make ready 5 tbsp double cream
11. Make ready 1 tbsp golden syrup
12. Take 200 g icing sugar
13. Take Middle
14. Prepare 300 ml double cream (minus 5tbsp using for the icing)

Reroll and either dust with icing sugar or cocoa, or spread it with chocolate butter Icing. Use a fork to make bark patterns in the icing and dust again with icing sugar to represent snow on the log. Chill for at least an hour before serving. Place log on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

Instructions to make Chocolate log:

1. Whisk eggs and sugar together until creamy
2. Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powered into the mixture. Folder the dry ingredients into the wet
3. Line a tin with grease proof paper and pour in the mixture
4. Bake at 200oC for 10mins
5. 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.
6. To make the icing, melt the butter and chocolate in a bain-marie.
7. When melted, take off the heat and add the cream and golden syrup. Beat in the icing sugar
8. For the middle, whisk the remaining of the cream until it holds it shape
9. Unroll the cake and spread the cream on. Carefully roll back up
10. 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.
11. Scatter with unsifted icing sugar to resemble snow

Chill for at least an hour before serving. Place log on a parchment-lined sheet pan. Apply some buttercream to the angled slice and attach it to one side. Spread a layer of ganache all over the cake, except for the swirls. This chocolate Yule log is the perfect Christmas dessert for the whole family.

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