Chocolate Log

This famous holiday dessert, also known as Buche de Noel, is a rolled chocolate cake filled and covered with chocolate frosting.
Ingredients
12
Servings
  • 5 eggs, separate the egg whites from the yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/4 cups cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 3/4 sticks butter, (chocolate frosting)
  • 2 cups icing sugar, for the chocolate frosting
  • 1 egg, chocolate frosting
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla essence, chocolate frosting
  • 1 glass cow's milk, (chocolate frosting)
Preparation
1h 15 mins
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Medium
  • Grease a baking sheet that is about 38x25 cm and 2.5 cm high. Also grease parchment paper of the same size.
  • Place the egg whites in a mixing bowl (the egg whites should be at room temperature).
  • In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks until they are fluffy and add 1/2 cup of sugar. It should become fluffy and a light yellow color.
  • Mix the flour, salt, cocoa and gradually add it to the yolk mixture. Stir well.
  • Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer for a few minutes and add the cream of tartar. Continue beating until peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar.
  • Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture. Be careful to mix lightly so the egg whites do not deflate.
  • Pour the mixture onto the greased baking sheet and cover the entire mold well.
  • Bake at 180 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before unmolding onto a kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • Peel off the parchment paper and roll it up in the towel (roll from the short side first).
  • Let the rolled cake cool in the towel for a few more minutes.
  • For the chocolate frosting: Beat 3/4 of a stick of butter until creamy, add sifted powdered sugar with cocoa, 1 egg, milk or rum, and one tablespoon of vanilla.
  • Unroll the cake and fill it with the prepared chocolate frosting. Roll it up again and cover the entire cake with chocolate frosting.
  • With a fork, create lines to resemble bark and decorate with dried leaves to make it look like a log.

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