Christmas Log Cake Recipe

Roll the parchment from one short end to the other.

Christmas log cake recipe. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. 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. Transfer to a platter, seam side down.

Dust the top with cocoa powder. In fact, if you have a lot of people coming round, and you can find a serving dish or board long enough, it might be worth making 2 cakes and sitting them end to end, to look like a really long log. Add the flour mixture to the yolk mixture and beat on low speed until well combined.

Beat on high speed until thick and creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. A yule log cake, also known as a bûche de noël, is a cake made based on that old tradition. It’s traditionally baked in a large, shallow swiss roll pan, iced, rolled to form a cylinder, and iced again on the outside.

It’s basically a chocolate sponge cake roll that’s filled with cream and covered with chocolate ganache and made to look like a log. I know the recipe looks finicky, and i can’t promise it’s a doddle, but it works easily and you will soon find you are rolling chocolate logs without a care. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until thick and pale.

Make our wreath cake (see 'goes well. The traditional yule log is a chocolate cake roll filled with cream and covered in chocolate. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.

Traditionally, buche de noel is decorated with confectioners' sugar to resemble snow on a yule log. Baking a log cake on christmas is a tradition and is the best way to celebrate the holidays and to ring in the festivities. 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.