Filling. Chocolate Butter Icing. Chocolate Cream. Assembling the Yule Log

Filling

For the chocolate filling you can either make chocolate butter icing or mix a thick chocolate cream. Choose whichever you like better.

Chocolate Butter Icing

This is easy to make. Just mix

75g (3oz) butter
150g (6oz) sifted icing sugar
2 tsp cocoa powder
1-2 tbsp water

together until light and fluffy.

Chocolate Cream

Somehow, this comes out lighter than the butter cream mixture. Make sure you use really good dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids) for the cream. Cheap chocolate does nothing for your yule log.

You need:

284ml carton whipping cream
200g (8oz) best dark chocolate

Break up the chocolate into chunks and melt over a bowl of hot (not boiling!) water. Make sure the water does not touch the bowl or the chocolate will curdle.

In a small pan heat the cream. When close to boiling point, take off the heat and stir gently into the melted chocolate until completely combined.

Leave to cool, then place in the fridge to chill.

When ready to use (and very cold) beat the mixture until fluffy. Go careful here, you don't want to end up with chocolate butter!

Assembling the Yule Log

When ready to assemble, carefully unroll your sponge and peel off the greaseproof backing paper.

Spread about 1/4 of the filling over the sponge, then roll up carefully with the help of the second, sugar-covered paper.

Place on a large plate or tray, join underneath.

Cover with the rest of the chocolate cream. You can do this quite roughly with a spatula. Alternatively, use a fork to mark the covering into the resemblance of tree bark.

Dust with a little cocoa powder or sprinkle dark chocolate curls and shavings over the top.

Decorate with holly leaves and berries.

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