Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chocolate log. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chocolate log is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chocolate log is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chocolate log using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate log:
- Make ready Cake
- Get 3 eggs
- Prepare 85 g Caster sugar
- Get 85 g Plain flour
- Get 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Take 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get Icing
- Prepare 50 g butter
- Take 140 g dark chocolate
- Get 5 tbsp double cream
- Prepare 1 tbsp golden syrup
- Prepare 200 g icing sugar
- Get Middle
- Make ready 300 ml double cream (minus 5tbsp using for the icing)
Instructions to make Chocolate log:
- Whisk eggs and sugar together until creamy
- Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powered into the mixture. Folder the dry ingredients into the wet
- Line a tin with grease proof paper and pour in the mixture
- Bake at 200oC for 10mins
- Lay a fresh sheet of grease proof paper on a work surface. When the cake is ready, tip it onto the paper, peel off the lining paper, then roll the cake up from its longest edge with the paper inside. Leave to cool.
- To make the icing, melt the butter and chocolate in a bain-marie.
- When melted, take off the heat and add the cream and golden syrup. Beat in the icing sugar
- For the middle, whisk the remaining of the cream until it holds it shape
- Unroll the cake and spread the cream on. Carefully roll back up
- 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. 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
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