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a chocolate yule log cake with bark-textured frosting and powdered sugar snow in a wide horizontal shot, on a long platter with cranberries and rosemary on a festive holiday table, natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Chocolate Yule Log

A rolled chocolate sponge cake with whipped cream filling and chocolate frosting to resemble a snowy log.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 eggs separated
  • 0.75 cup sugar
  • 0.33 cup cocoa powder
  • 0.25 cup flour
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 0.33 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 oz chocolate ganache

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a jelly-roll pan with parchment.
  2. Beat the egg yolks with sugar until pale, then fold in the cocoa and flour.
  3. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold them in.
  4. Spread into the pan and bake 10-12 minutes, then roll up warm in a towel to cool.
  5. Whip the cream with powdered sugar and vanilla, unroll the cake, and spread the filling.
  6. Re-roll the cake, frost with ganache, drag a fork for bark texture, and chill 1 hour before serving.

Notes

Rolling the cake while it's still warm prevents cracking.