These beautiful yule log cakes are a great addition to any Christmas celebration.
Christmas Cake Rolls
Yield:
3
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour
Additional Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour 40 minutes
Vanilla, strawberry and chocolate yule log cakes.
Ingredients
Cakes
Filling (per cake)
- 125 grams of Whipping Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
White Chocolate Ganache
- 250 grams of Whipping Cream
- 600 grams of White Chocolate
Strawberry Ganache
- Leftover White Chocolate Ganache
- 8 grams of Freeze Dried Strawberry Powder
- Pink Food Colouring
Chocolate Ganache
- 250 grams of Whipping Cream
- 350 grams of Milk Chocolate
Chocolates
- About 80 grams of White Chocolate
- About 80 grams of Pink Chocolate
- About 80 grams of Milk Chocolate
Decoration
- 250 grams of Whipping Cream
- 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
- Maltesers
- Smarties
- Strawberries
Instructions
- Brush each cake with simple syrup.
- Whip up the whipping cream with vanilla extract, for the filling.
- Spread the whipped cream onto the cakes.
- Roll up the cakes and refrigerate, for 30 minutes.
- Use a round cookie cutter to make a template for the chocolate decorations.
- Create chocolate circles with spirals on top.
- Cut off ends and prepare the chocolate ganache for the first cake roll, starting with vanilla, then strawberry and then chocolate.
- Stick the cake roll to the cakeboard (20 cm × 5cm) using the chocolate ganache.
- Place on a wire rack above a container.
- Pour over the chocolate ganache.
- Colour the leftover white chocolate ganache with pink food colouring and add in the freeze dried strawberry powder.
- Repeat for steps 8, 9 and 10 for each kind of cake.
- Attach the chocolate decorations to the sides of the cake rolls.
- Refrigerate until set, about an hour.
- Decorate the cake rolls with whipped cream.
- Decorate the cake rolls with slices strawberries, Maltesers and Smarties.