Delight Your Family and Friends with a Holiday Yule Log this Season! Watch the video here.
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Chocolate Yule Log
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
Cake ingredients
12 large eggs separated
1 C sugar
1 C unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Method.
Grease jelly roll pan, flour and line with parchment paper
Extending up past edges of pan
Whip eggs yolks with sugar until light and thick-slowly add cocoa powder- blend till smooth
Whip egg whites just until firm-then fold into yolk mixture
Pour batter into jellyroll pan and bake for 22 minutes. Do not over bake.
Let cool for 5 minutes
Turn onto to greased parchment paper and sprinkle with coco
Roll Lengthwise
When ready to frost, unroll and paint an even coat of rum simple syrup onto roll, spread an even coast of chocolate buttercream and reroll.
Frost the top. You can get fancy and decorate at this point. Serve at room temperature and watch out.
Simple Syrup
1/4 C sugar
1/4 C water
1/4 C dark rum
Combine sugar and water and stir over heat to dissolve. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool. Stir in rum
Recipe for the Rum Buttercream Frosting is here.