Simple Way to Make Perfect Chocolate log

Chocolate log.

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chocolate log. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chocolate log is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It's simple, it's fast, it tastes yummy. It's enjoyed by millions daily. Chocolate log is something that I've loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chocolate log using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate log:

1. {Prepare of Cake.
2. {Make ready 3 of eggs.
3. {Make ready 85 g of Caster sugar.
4. {Get 85 g of Plain flour.
5. {Prepare 2 tbsp of cocoa powder.
6. {Take 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
7. {Prepare of Icing.
8. {Take 50 g of butter.
9. {Prepare 140 g of dark chocolate.
10. {Get 5 tbsp of double cream.
11. {Make ready 1 tbsp of golden syrup.
12. {Take 200 g of icing sugar.
13. {Take of Middle.
14. {Take 300 ml of double cream (minus 5tbsp using for the icing).

Steps to make Chocolate log:

1. Whisk eggs and sugar together until creamy.
2. Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powered into the mixture. Folder the dry ingredients into the wet.
3. Line a tin with grease proof paper and pour in the mixture.
4. Bake at 200oC for 10mins.
5. Lay a fresh sheet of grease proof paper on a work surface. When the cake is ready, tip it onto the paper, peel off the lining paper, then roll the cake up from its longest edge with the paper inside. Leave to cool..
6. To make the icing, melt the butter and chocolate in a bain-marie..
7. When melted, take off the heat and add the cream and golden syrup. Beat in the icing sugar.
8. For the middle, whisk the remaining of the cream until it holds it shape.
9. Unroll the cake and spread the cream on. Carefully roll back up.
10. Cut a thick diagonal slice from one end of the log. Lift the log on to a plate, then arrange the slice on the side with the diagonal cut against the cake to make a branch. Spread the icing over the log and branch (don’t cover the ends), then use a fork to mark the icing to give the effect of tree bark..
11. Scatter with unsifted icing sugar to resemble snow.

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