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Set the oven to 80ºC (450ºF/ gas mark 4)
To begin making the chocolate sauce, break the chocolate roughly into pieces into the metal bowl then add the water.
Place a saucepan onto a high heat, half filled with water and bring it to a simmer. Put the bowl of chocolate on top of the pan and allow it to melt, stirring occasionally which will take about 12 minutes. Once melted remove from the heat and mix into a smooth paste.
Pour the four egg yolks into a separate large bowl and taking your whisk, beat them lightly. Spoon in the melted chocolate and stir well.
Tip the seven egg whites into a large bowl and with your mixer on a high setting, whip into soft peaks.
Into the bowl of melted chocolate, spoon in the stiffened egg whites with your spatula and gently begin to fold in. This keeps the air in and creates a light, fluffy consistency.
Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and seal tightly, then place in the fridge and chill for 3 and a half hours.
Coat the paper on the baking tray with a layer of butter.
Add the six egg yolks into a large bowl and whisk briefly until they begin to slightly thicken. Add the caster sugar and whisk again for roughly 30 seconds. Finally add the cocoa powder and whisk well.
Take the egg whites from the six eggs and put them into a large bowl. With your mixer on a high setting, whip until they form soft peaks.
Add the stiffened egg whites to the chocolate mix and fold in with your spatula.
Pour the chocolate mix into the relined baking tray and smooth to the edges with your spatula.
Place the tray into the centre of the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until it becomes spongy. Once baked allow to cool in the tray, for roughly 30-45 minutes.
Whilst the sponge is cooling, liberally dust the second relined baking tray with icing sugar. Then lay the cooled chocolate sponge onto the dusted tray, parchment paper side up and remove the paper.
Pour the cream into a bowl and with your electric mixer switched onto a high setting, whip the cream for roughly 3 minutes to form soft peaks.
Spread the chocolate mix evenly, all over the sponge, then spread over the whipped cream.
Carefully roll up the cake to make a log, rolling from the shortest side. Don't worry if it cracks, it just gives it a more rustic look.
Sprinkle some icing sugar over your Yule log and serve with melon baller. //
A yule log
The traditional yule log cake that we know of today originated in France. You can find a recipe for yule log cake on websites such as Allrecipes and Taste of Home.
During the Christmas season, it is traditional to gather around the fireplace and enjoy a delicious yule log cake with loved ones.
A Yule clog is an archaic term for a Yule log, a log traditionally burned on Christmas Eve.
A Yule block is an archaic term for a Yule log, a log traditionally burned on Christmas Eve.
It is also known as the "Yule" log. A Yule Log.
The yule log tradition is to burn a Yule log. This tradition began in Europe when celebrating the winter solstice. They lit large bonfires.
The origin of yule log is from Germans
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The Yule log is an ancient pagan tradition that is still practised by many pagans in today's society. In the Pagan wheel of the year, the Sun God dies at Samhain and is reborn again at Yule, the Midwinter Solstice. Pagans burn a 'Yule log' on the eve of Yule to mark the rebirth of the sun after a long winter. A Yule log is traditionally dusted with flour, wassailed with cider & decorated with greenery and fruit; traditionally oranges and apples. Symbols are also commonly carved into the log, usually either sun symbols or symbols of regrets and bad mistakes you have made in the past. It is said that this negativity is burned along with the long so that you can start your new year with a clean slate. A Yule log must be either found or given as a gift, never bought. It is said that the Yuletide festivities last only as long at the Yule log burns and when it dies down, a piece of the burnt log is saved for next year and at the next Yule it is placed on top of the new Yule log to help kindle it.
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