Christmas Log Recipe
Christmas Log has delicious taste. Christmas Log gets its taste from cherry jam mixed with cream and flavored with rum. Christmas Log is a special occasion recipe, made during Christmas.
Ingredients
| 1 cup cherry jam or canned pitted cherries | ||
| Rum | 1 Ounce | |
| 1 cake roll cocoa spongecake | ||
| Whipped cream | 2 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 2 cups mocha butter cream | ||
| 1/4 cup commercial chocolate syrup | ||
| Cocoa | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 6 green almond paste holly leaves | ||
| 12 very red currants or small cherries | ||
| 2-3 meringue mushrooms | ||
Directions
In a bowl, mix cherry jam and rum.
Unroll cold cake.
Spread with jam.
Cover with half the whipped cream.
Gently roll again.
Trim a 1 to 2 inch (2.5 to 5 cm) diagonal slice off one end of roll.
Set aside for use to simulate a tree knot.
With a spatula, spread a layer of mocha butter cream over cake, reserving 1/4 cup (60 mL) to cover knot.
Do not frost log ends.
Place knot on top of log.
Coat sides with remaining mocha butter cream.
With a spatula, mark log and knot with ridges to imitate bark.
With a spatula, spread remaining whipped cream over log ends and on top of knot.
Using a pastry bag with a very small nozzle, pipe swirls of chocolate onto whipped cream.
With a small knife, draw lines perpendicular to spiral.
Using a sieve, lightly dust cocoa over contour of log.
Decorate with holly, red currants and meringue mushrooms.
Unroll cold cake.
Spread with jam.
Cover with half the whipped cream.
Gently roll again.
Trim a 1 to 2 inch (2.5 to 5 cm) diagonal slice off one end of roll.
Set aside for use to simulate a tree knot.
With a spatula, spread a layer of mocha butter cream over cake, reserving 1/4 cup (60 mL) to cover knot.
Do not frost log ends.
Place knot on top of log.
Coat sides with remaining mocha butter cream.
With a spatula, mark log and knot with ridges to imitate bark.
With a spatula, spread remaining whipped cream over log ends and on top of knot.
Using a pastry bag with a very small nozzle, pipe swirls of chocolate onto whipped cream.
With a small knife, draw lines perpendicular to spiral.
Using a sieve, lightly dust cocoa over contour of log.
Decorate with holly, red currants and meringue mushrooms.
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