How to Bake a Yule Log - Traditional French Recipe

How to Bake a Yule Log - Traditional French Recipe

Ingredients for the chocolate sponge cake: br • 4 eggs br • 100g3.5oz sugar br • 75g2.5oz flour br • 25g1oz cocoa powder br • a little of water in case you need to moisten the dough br br Ingredients for whipped cream with chocolate and crystallized oranges : br • 200g7oz chocolate br • 150+100g5+3.5oz of whole single cream br • little crystallized orange cubes br br Ingredients for the decoration br • chocolate icing br • 100g3.5oz chocolate to make the chocolate leaves and to create the log's bark br br The finishing touches br • Spread 80g of melted chocolate evenly on a sheet of wax paper using a spatula, and leave it a few minutes in the fridge, until it hardens. br • Prepare a chocolate icing. To do that, you need : br 1. 140g dark chocolate br 2. 70g sugar br 3. 110g butter br 4. 15 centiliters of whole milk br • Put the chocolate pieces in a saucepan br • Cover with cream and cook at low heat. Turn off the heat when the chocolate is melted. br • Add the butter pieces and mix well br • Your icing is done; you can use it when it's hot or keep it in the fridge and heat it up when needed. br br br • Place the log on a cooling rack. Place a plate underneath to catch extra icing br • Cover the entire log with icing, starting at the center and moving to the edges br • Cut the chocolate leaf in pieces of various sizes to create the bark br • Place them on the icing, which should still be slightly liquid. br • You can also add a little powdered sugar br • Let set in the fridge for an hour before serving br br Music Dan-O at Danosongs.com Incompetech.


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