Bakertan's Christmas Goodies - Chocolate Log Cake 1
I
was in quite a hurry to get this log cake done and was rushing off to my
first Christmas dinner of the month. Pardon me for the shabbily-taken
pictures. Next time, I will take more pictures of the process if time
permits and perhaps add some decorations to my plain looking log cake.
As I
mentioned in my earlier post, making log cake is easier than you would
imagine. Choose your favourite swiss roll recipe. It need not be a
chocolate swiss roll. Blackforest, strawberry, matcha and coffee swiss
rolls will also do the job. Roll the sheet cake tightly into a log as
you would for a swiss roll. Nevermind if it breaks. Simply cover it with
whipped cream or buttercream according to your preference and use the
tines of a fork to 'scratch' the surface of the frosting along the
length to get the 'tree bark' effect. There you have, a rustic homemade
log cake.
For this log cake, I chose my chocolate swiss roll
recipe and increased the amount of buttercream (reduced sugar as
well) so that there is enough frosting to cover the swiss roll. The log
cake may be glazed with ganache instead of buttercream.
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