Easy and original recipe for your Yule log
For the sponge cake
4 eggs
120 g sugar
75 g flour
1/2 package of baking powder
For the cream
100 g sugar
2 eggs
200 g butter
200 g chocolate
For the sponge cake:
- Whisk the egg yolks and sugar and put them in a double boiler
- Beat with an electric whisk until the mixture turns white (about 10 min)
- Take out of the bain-marie then add the flour and baking powder. Mix gently, then add the egg whites
- Spread the dough on a buttered and floured baking sheet
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 150 ° C in a hot oven
- Take a wet cloth: put the dough in it and roll it
- Leave to stand for a few hours, or even overnight
For the cream:
- Whisk the eggs and sugar and put them in a double boiler
- Beat with an electric whisk: the mixture should “swell” (about 10 min)
- Take out of the double boiler, then add the soft butter
- Then add the melted chocolate
- Put in the fridge so that the mixture hardens
For the dressage:
- Unroll the sponge cake then spread the cream with a spatula
- Roll the cake, cut the edges (set them aside), then put the cream on the outside of the sponge cake
For decoration:
- Pass a fork over the entire log to draw the “bark”, roll one of the cut edges of the sponge cake and place it on top of the log, then cover it with chocolate cream (to make a tree stump)
- savor
Bon appétit and merry Christmas! For a Yule log as good and beautiful as if it had been bought from the pastry chef!
Tip or tip:
Sprinkle with coconut or icing sugar to represent snow. Decorate with mushrooms and sugar and / or plastic subjects.