Chocolate Yule Log/Christmas Block
Every morsel is a journey back to simpler food.
40 - 60 mins
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
Metric Imperial
For the chocolate Swiss roll:
- 3 extra-large eggs (60g)
- 80 g Castor sugar
- 70 g SASKO SELF-RAISING WHEAT FLOUR
- 20 g Cocoa
- 2 tbsp Castor sugar
- 150 g Butter (at room temp)
- 280 g Icing sugar
- 20 g Cocoa
- 3 tbsp Milk
For the chocolate Swiss roll:
- 3 extra-large eggs (60g)
- 2.82 oz Castor sugar
- 2.47 oz SASKO SELF-RAISING WHEAT FLOUR
- 0.7 oz Cocoa
- 2 tbsp Castor sugar
- 5.29 oz butter (at room temp)
- 9.87 oz icing sugar
- 0.7 oz cocoa
- 3 tbsp milk
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 180*C.
- Grease and line a 20 x 30cm cake tin.
- Using electric beaters, beat the sugar and eggs on high speed until all the sugar has dissolved and they are thick and pale (about 6 mins).
- Sift the SASKO SELF-RAISING WHEAT FLOUR and the cocoa and add to the egg mixture.
- Fold it through using a spatula or a metal spoon until just combined.
- Pour into the cake tin and even out the cake batter.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 mins, or a knife inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Take the cake out of the oven, dust the top with ½ the castor sugar and turn out onto a clean dish towel.
- Carefully remove the lining and dust with remaining sugar.
- Roll gently into a Swiss roll shape in the towel and leave to cool.
- Using an electric mixer/beater, beat the butter in bowl for a minute until softened, then add the icing sugar and cocoa and beat on low until well combined.
- Add milk and beat for a further minute or two on medium until you have a smooth, soft, silky icing.
- Once cooled, gently unroll the Swiss roll and peal off the baking paper.
- Spread a thin layer of icing over the cake and roll up once more.
- Cut diagonally across a small section at the end of the Swiss roll to make a branch for the log.
- Place the longer piece onto a board or serving dish and attach the branch piece to the side of the longer piece and cover the entire log with the remaining icing.
- Sprinkle over chocolate shavings and icing sugar
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