Yummy chocolate log

Yummy chocolate log

A Christmas treat the kids will enjoy helping to make, with an unusual minty filling

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Grease and line a 23 x 32cm Swiss roll tin with baking parchment. Beat the eggs and sugar together with an electric whisk for about 8 mins until thick and creamy.
  2. Mix the flour, cocoa and baking powder together, then sift onto the egg mixture. Fold in very carefully, then pour into the tin. Now tip the tin from side to side to spread the mixture into the corners. Bake for 10 mins.
  3. Lay a sheet of baking parchment on the work surface. When the cake is ready, tip it onto the parchment, peel off the lining paper, then roll the cake up from its longest edge with the paper inside. Leave to cool.
  4. To make the icing, melt the butter and chocolate together in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Take from the heat and stir in the syrup and 5 tbsp cream. Beat in the icing sugar until smooth. Whisk the remaining cream until it holds its shape. Unravel the cake, spread the cream over the top, scatter over the crushed mints, if using, then carefully roll up again into a log.
  5. 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.
  6. 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, and decorate with holly.
Try

Tip

You can leave the mints out if you prefer a more traditional filling.

PER SERVING

552 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 18g, fibre 0g, sugar 54g, salt 0.32 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2009.

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  • Binder photo sinny12lyns087

    27 December 2011

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  • Binder photo CocoVanilla

    29 December 2011

    CocoVanilla rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely loved this recipe, I made this on Christmas Day and it went down a treat, with all the family members from the kids right up to the adults, I personally didn�t put the mint in due to preference but other than that it was amaze. I would definitely recommend this recipe as after looking for lots of recipes this one has to be the best!

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  • Binder photo DawnC

    30 December 2011

    DawnC commented on this recipe

    Best Yule log that I have ever made. Only adjustment was to leave out the mint. Delicious.

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  • Binder photo Carolyn

    02 January 2012

    Carolyn commented on this recipe

    Tried this recipe for the first time & everyone has said how lovely it was. I didn't add the mint but followed the recipe otherwise - I found I had way too much icing so didn't use it all up but true chocoholics will do!

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  • Binder photo amelie

    23 January 2012

    amelie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Was delicious! Looked exactly like the picture. I didn't add the mints as wasn't sure kids would like them. Will def do again!!!

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  • Binder photo Jo Brett

    27 January 2012

    Jo Brett rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing, I found it pretty easy to make and have made it lots of times now. Sometimes for extra chocolatetyness I use the chocolate gnash in the middle of the roll as well. It looks great at the end and is gone in minutes at a Christmas party.

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  • Binder photo Lesley Joyce

    03 February 2012

    Lesley Joyce rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is great. It looks great and tastes great. My family will not usually eat anything but Deila's chocolate log, but this vanished in minutes. will defo make again.

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  • Binder photo janet

    29 October 2012

    janet commented on this recipe

    I have just made the chocolate log. Unfortunately the cream would not whip & hold shape, just separated, similarly the icing. Any idea what I did wrong? Was it anything to do with the cream? all ingredients bought fresh this morning.

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  • Binder photo Chris

    08 December 2012

    Chris commented on this recipe

    Just about to make this and wondering why I have to leave out 2 tbsp of flour and what I do with them??????

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  • Binder photo Sarah1985

    17 December 2012

    Sarah1985 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy to make I was really impressed! Not as fiddly as I thought. I think I made the cake part a bit thin and it went crispy at the edges making it tricky to roll at first, but I trimmed these bits off and it made a huge difference (and I got a tasty treat as I cooked :) ) Theres LOADS of icing!! I piled it on thick but still had lots left so going to make something else with it too. It looks fantastic, everything tasted great as I was making it, now I don't want to cut it :)

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  • Binder photo Kat17

    20 December 2012

    Kat17 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made it as a trial before Xmas. Everyone was very impressed with the results and was enjoyed by all. It was a lot easier to do than I thought and the cake part did not break at all when I rolled it. Next time I make it though, I will chill the double cream after whipping it as it will hold better when spreading it and rolling. I will also chill the whole log before putting it on the table. No Xmas pudding for us this year, we will enjoy this much more, especially my 2 children.

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  • Binder photo Lenie

    23 December 2012

    Lenie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very easy and absolutely delicious!! But I agree; the cream needs to be whipped quite thick otherwise the chocolate filling is too sloppy and comes out

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  • Binder photo Georgie093

    31 March 2013

    Georgie093 commented on this recipe

    I'm regularly asked by my friends to bake them cakes so I thought I'd put a twist on this classic Christmas recipe. Since it's Easter, I though I would make them an Easter log. I followed this recipe, but used Orange flavouring instead of mints and then topped it with a chocolate crispy nest with some mini eggs! It went down a treat! And a great twist on a great cake!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE

FOR THE FILLING & ICING

  • 50g butter
  • 140g dark chocolate , broken into squares
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 284ml pot double cream
  • 200g icing sugar , sifted
  • 2-3 extra-strong mint , crushed (optional)
  • icing sugar and holly sprigs to decorate - ensure you remove the berries before serving
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PER SERVING

552 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 18g, fibre 0g, sugar 54g, salt 0.32 g

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