Chocolate Yule Log
About this recipe:
Get ready to sleigh the dessert game! Dive into this festive classic from Doves Farm Foods: a rich, chocolate yule log recipe that brings the magic of the season to your table. With a light sponge rolled round a velvety cocoa-filled centre and finished with a glossy chocolate topping, this chocolate yule log recipe is the ideal treat for your Christmas table. Whether you’re dusting with icing sugar or adding chocolate curls for extra flair, it’s simple yet special enough for the big day. Follow the step-by-step chocolate yule log recipe and roll into Christmas with style.
Equipment:
23 x 33cm/9 x 13 inch Swiss roll tin, clean tea towel and 2 x mixing bowls
Ingredients:
Ingredients for chocolate Yule log recipe
CHOCOLATE SPONGE
3 eggs
75g caster sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
50g Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
butter for tin
CHOCOLATE FILLING
50g butter
75g icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
CHOCOLATE LOG TOPPING
75g plain chocolate
75g butter
75g icing sugar
icing sugar, for decoration
See our cups to gram conversion here: https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/hints-&-tips/cups-to-grams-conversion-table
Method:
Method for chocolate Yule log recipe
Chocolate Sponge
- Preheat the oven and rub some butter around the inside of a 23 x 33cm/9 x 13 inch Swiss roll tin, or insert a baking liner.
- Separate the eggs into two bowls, beat the whites until stiff, add the sugar to the yolks and beat until thickened.
- Sieve the cocoa over the yolks and beat again then using a metal spoon, mix in the egg white with a cutting and folding action.
- Sieve the flour over the top and gently combine using the spoon again in a cutting and folding movement.
- Tip the mixture into the tin, spread it out to the edges and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, lay a clean tea towel over the sponge, place a chopping board on top and invert everything together then lift off the baking tray, and cake liner if used, to leave the sponge on the tea towel.
- Leaving the tea towel in place, roll the sponge and cloth together into a cylinder from the long side and leave to cool completely.
Chocolate Filling
- Cut the butter into small cubes in a bowl and beat until it is light and fluffy.
- Sieve the icing sugar and cocoa into the bowl, stir to combine then beat until soft.
- Gently unroll the cold sponge and spread the filling all over.
- Using the tea towel for support, roll up the sponge making sure the filling stays inside.
Chocolate Log Topping
- Break the chocolate into cubes, melt gently then leave to cool.
- Cut the butter into small cubes in a bowl then beat until it is light and fluffy.
- Sieve the icing sugar into the bowl, stir to combine then beat until smooth.
- Tip the melted chocolate into the bowl, stir to combine and spread over the rolled-up sponge.
- Drag a fork through the icing to create a log texture.
- If you wish, lightly dust the cake with icing sugar before serving.
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dlt_debz
I made this for the first time on Christmas eve and it unfortunately cracked whilst I was rolling it but tasted delicious so since it was only going to be for me and my partner we ate it anyway. Yesterday I made it again but this time it was perfect. The only difference between what I did last week and this week was last week I used medium eggs (since the reciepe doesn't specify the size) and this week I used large eggs. To be fair though by the time I made it last week I was down to my last 3 eggs and Supermarkets were closed
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Libby
This is a firm favourite. Light chocolatey sponge, yummy chocolatey filling and oh so very yummy topping. Another will be baked for this Christmas (by request, no less)
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Rohan
Really nice however I would make the filling a raspberry jam. Because it’s a tad on the sweet side
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Lucy Fletcher
it is GREAT! The recipe looks hard... but it is very simple. It did take an hour or two but it was worth the effort. it did crack but after you put the toppings on you can not see it, and it will taste just as good.
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Jane Holland
Made last night and the sponge was wonderful! Filled with cherries and chocolate.. it all disappeared!
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Belle
This recipe is amazing my family normally can't cook anything but this was an absolute hit and so easy for everyone to follow! strongly recommend
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Sandra Bowes
I’ve never managed to make a Swiss roll that hasn’t cracked until now, this recipe and instructions were perfect, I made this for friends we had visiting before Christmas, I omitted the filling and used whipped cream instead but used the topping as per recipe. Everyone tucked in to this delicious cake. I will definitely make it again.
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Lisa
I’m so pleased I’ve come across this recipe! It’s a lovely sponge, may of needed a bit more filling inside but so happy...going to make another one... maybe with a tiramisu twist
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Mrs Margaret Kirtley
This is the first time I have managed to make a yule log that actually tasted as it should everyone in the family wanted one making, which meant I was busy
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