How To Make Log Cake

Ralph Smith

Yule logs are such a classic Christmas dessert. Ree Drummond'due south seen them in the pages of cooking magazines for years, so information technology's well-nigh time she attempted to brand a yule log block herself! When you think about it, it actually is such a magical dessert. Information technology's crazy to retrieve that you can bake a cake, make full it with a sweet filling, gyre it up, frost information technology, and make information technology await like a gorgeous woodland log directly out of a fairy tale.

Recipes for yule logs appointment back to the 1600s, but were popularized in French bakeries during the 19th century (where they go their other common name, Bûche de Noël). Many of these lovely Christmas cakes are garnished with elaborate meringue mushrooms or other edible woodland creatures, but you'll love the simplicity of this one.

Yule logs are traditionally made around the winter holidays, since they have such a show-stopping quality (and make a corking centerpiece at a Christmas party). Yet, you could definitely try your hand at this one whatever time of the year that you lot're peckish a luscious chocolate cake (or whipping up one for the chocolate lovers in your life)! It's as succulent as it is beautiful, thanks to a perfectly sweet cake, a whipped cream cheese filling, and rich chocolate ganache frosting. (Whip up Christmas Rum Block too, which is another of Ree's favorite Christmas cakes.)

Are yule logs always frosted with chocolate frosting?

Traditionally, yes, just they don't take to exist. You'll love the chocolate here because it mimics the real bawl of a tree, but the cake could exist frosted with a vanilla frosting besides!

What'southward the tradition behind a yule log cake?

When they were popularized in France during the 19th century, yule log cakes represented the yule log that families would burn down on Christmas Eve. They symbolize the coming of the new year and expert luck.

Yields: 12 servings

Prep Time: 0 hours fifty mins

Total Time: 4 hours 0 mins

For the Block:

4 tbsp.

salted butter, melted, plus more for the pan

6

large eggs, separated

1/4 tsp.

cream of tartar

1/4 tsp.

kosher salt

3/4 c.

granulated sugar

three/4 c.

all-purpose flour

i/4 c.

unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp.

baking powder

1 tsp.

pure vanilla extract

1/4 c.

strong brewed java, at room temperature

1/4 c.

powdered sugar

For the Filling:

four oz.

cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 c.

powdered sugar, sifted

1 c.

heavy foam

ane tsp.

vanilla extract

For the Frosting:

12 oz.

semisweet chocolate, chopped

3/four c.

heavy cream

one tbsp.

calorie-free corn syrup

Rosemary sprigs and pomegranate seeds, for garnish

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1. For the block: Preheat the oven to 350˚. Butter a 12-by-17- inch rimmed baking sheet. Line with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on all sides. Butter the parchment.
2. Vanquish the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-loftier speed until frothy. Add together 1/four cup granulated sugar and beat on high speed until stiff, sleeky peaks form, about ii minutes.
3. Sift together the flour, cocoa pulverization and baking powder in a medium bowl. In a dissever large bowl, combine the egg yolks, the remaining i/2 cup sugar and the vanilla. Beat on high speed until thick and flossy, 3 to 4 minutes. Crush in the melted butter and java until combined.
4. Add together the flour mixture to the yolk mixture and shell on low speed until well combined. Fold a spoonful of the browbeaten egg whites into the batter until no streaks remain. Gently fold in the remaining egg whites until combined.
5. Transfer the concoction to the prepared pan, gently nudging the batter so it fills the corners. Requite the pan a little shimmy to even it out. Bake until the superlative just starts to spring back when gently pressed, 10 to 12 minutes (the summit might notwithstanding experience a footling tacky). Do not overbake or the block will crack.
6. Identify a clean dish towel on a large wire rack. Grit with 2 tablespoons powdered carbohydrate. While the block is still hot, loosen the edges from the pan, then plow out the cake onto the towel; carefully remove the parchment. Grit the top with the remaining 2 tablespoons powdered carbohydrate.
7. Starting at one of the long sides, apply the towel to tightly roll upwardly the cake with the towel within. Position the cake seam-side downwards and permit cool about one hour.
8. For the filling: Shell the cream cheese in a large basin with a mixer on low speed until just smooth. Add together the powdered sugar and beat until smooth, nearly i infinitesimal. Gradually beat in the heavy foam 1/4 cup at a fourth dimension, making sure the mixture is smooth earlier adding more cream. Increase the speed to medium high and trounce until stiff peaks course, 2 to 4 minutes. Add together the vanilla and beat for a few more seconds, just to combine.
9. Carefully unroll the cooled cake and spread evenly with the filling, leaving a 1/four- to i/2-inch border on all sides. Re-roll the cake, using the towel to help you. Cover the cake roll with parchment newspaper and and then tightly wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at to the lowest degree 2 hours.
10. Meanwhile, for the frosting: Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring the heavy cream and corn syrup to a simmer in a saucepan, and so pour over the chocolate. Permit sit down for 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth. Let thicken at room temperature until spreadable, nearly 2 hours.
11. Unwrap the cake on a cutting board. Cut off one-fourth of the block on a precipitous diagonal for the branch. Position the branch against the remaining cake gyre on a platter. Cover the cake with the frosting using an offset spatula, then drag a fork through the frosting to create a bark-like texture. Garnish with rosemary sprigs and pomegranate seeds.
    

Source: https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a33943671/yule-log-recipe/

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