YULE LOG CAKE RECIPE/chocolate Swiss roll cake recipe

A "Yule log" (or bûche de Noël French pronunciation is a traditional dessert served near Christmas, especially in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Quebec and several former French colonies. Made of sponge cake to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade.

The original "Yule log" recipe emerged during the 19th century.It is traditionally made from a genoise, generally baked in a large, shallow Swiss roll pan, iced, rolled to form a cylinder, and iced again on the outside. The most common combination is basic yellow sponge cake and chocolatebuttercream, though many variations which include chocolate cake, ganache, and icings flavored with espresso or liqueurs exist.

"Yule logs" are often served with one end cut off and set atop the cake, or protruding from its side to resemble a chopped off branch. A bark-like texture is often produced by dragging a fork through the icing, and powdered sugar sprinkled to resemble snow. Other cake decorations may include actual tree branches, fresh berries, and mushrooms made of meringue or marzipan.(source : wiki)

Today I'm going to share an easy method of making log cake. It tastes so good. So fluffy and soft cake rolls. I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

Eggs : 3

All purpose flour/maida : 1/3 cup/40 grams

Cocoa powder : 1/4 cup

Sugar : 1/2 cup/100 grams

Baking powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Vanilla essence : 1 tea spoon

Chocolate buttercream : 500 grams or as needed (recipe here)

Cherries for garnishing

Method :

Line baking tray with parchment paper and keep aside.(I used my baking tray which came with my otg)

Now take eggs in a dry bowl and beat it for 1 minute,then add sugar and beat it for 5 minutes.

Now add vanilla essence and beat it for few seconds.

Now take all dry ingredients in a seive and sift into egg mixture and mix it very gently in cut and fold method.

Now pour this batter into baking tray and spread it evenly.

Preheat oven in 180 degrees Celsius and bake it for 12 minutes or until it's done.

Now invert this baked hot cake on parchment paper and roll it gently and let it cool completely.

Meanwhile prepare your Chocolate buttercream frosting.

Now take cooled cake and spread it , and remove parchment paper gently.

Now put. Big dollop of buttercream and spread it evenly.

Now roll the cake gently and cut a piece of cake to give a log shape.

Now apply buttercream all over the cake and attach piece of cake on its side as shown in the pic.

Now apply buttercream all over the cake  and draw lines with fork to give it a log shape.

That's it, decorate with glazed cherries and enjoy!!!!

Pictorial :

Take eggs in a bowl

Whisk it for 1 minute

Add sugar

Beat it for 5 minutes

Now add vanilla essence and beat it for few seconds

Now take flour, baking powder and cocoa powder in a seive

Sift them into egg mixture

Mix it gently

Now our cake batter is ready

Line baking tray with parchment paper

Pour this into it

Spread it evenly

Bake it

Take parchment paper

Invert​ hot cake on it

Gently remove parchment paper

Roll it

Let it cool completely

Meanwhile prepare your buttercream (recipe here)

Now put a dollop of buttercream

Spread it evenly

Roll it gently

Cut a piece of cake like this

Apply buttercream well

Attach the another piece of cake

Apply buttercream all over the cake

Draw lines with fork to give log effect

Now it's done

Garnish with glazed cherries

Enjoy!!!!

Yummy!!!!!

MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

I can say this is the best and super moist cake in the world. I never baked or tasted such an easy and tasty cake before. Yes, baking this moist cake is super easy with very,very simple ingredients. I frosted this cake with my yummy chocolate buttercream frosting (recipe here) to make this cake more tastier and rich. But plain cake itself tastes amazing.one more thing you should follow is measurements,please follow the correct measurements given below. Don't half the recipe. If you are a vegetarian then add 3/4 cup of curd instead of eggs. One more thing is it takes around 45 minutes to 1 hour to bake. Mine was done in 50 minutes.so,keep an eye on cake after 40 minutes of baking.

I hope you will give this give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

My 1 cup measures 200 ml

Ingredients :

All purpose flour/maida : 2 cups

Sugar : 2 cups

Eggs : 2

Milk : 1 cup

Cocoa powder : 3/4 cup

Baking powder : 1 1/2 tea spoons

Baking soda : 1 1/2 tea spoons

Salt : 3/4 tea spoon

Instant coffee powder : 1 table spoon

Hot boiling water : 1 cup

Oil : 1/2 cup

Chocolate butter cream : as needed (recipe here)

Method :

First take 9 inch cake tin,grease with oil and dust with flour and keep a side. I have lined with parchment paper too.

Now sift all dry ingredients (except coffee powder and sugar) together and take into a bowl,then add sugar and mix well.

Now add all wet ingredients (except boiling water) and whisk it well until all ingredients are well combined.

Now mix coffee powder with hot boiling water and slowly add to cake batter while whisking.

Whisk for 30 seconds, now pour this batter to prepared cake tin.

Now bake it in 180 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes in preheated oven. Mine was done in 50 minutes. Keep an eye on cake while baking. (preheat oven in 180 degrees for 10 minutes)

Now  let the cake cools completely, loosen the edges with knife and gently unmold it.

Now prepare your butter cream (click here for recipe)

Now cut the cake into 2 or 3 layers.put a dollop of buttercream on one layer and spread it evenly,then put another cake layer on top, frost and decorate the cake as per your choice and enjoy.

Pictorial :

Grease oil to 9 inch cake tin

Dust with flour

I have lined with parchment paper also

Now take flour in a sieve,add cocoa powder

Add baking powder,baking soda and salt and sift it well

Now add sugar

Mix it well

Now add eggs

Add oil

Add milk

Whisk it well

Now take hot boiling water and add coffee powder

Mix it well

Now slowly add it batter while beating

Whisk it for few seconds

Now our cake batter is ready

Pour this batter to prepared cake tin

Bake it

Insert a skewer or knife, if it comes out clean your cake is done

Now let it cool completely and loosen the edges

Unmold it gently

Now cut the cake into 2 or 3 layers

Prepare your buttercream (recipe here)

Put a dollop of chocolate buttercream

Spread it evenly

Now cover with other layer

Cover the cake with more buttercream

Decorate the cake as per your choice

Now it's done

Enjoy!!!!!

Yum....yum...