Description
Soft and tender mocha sponge cake filled with mascarpone cream. Topped with a coffee ganache and dusted with cocoa powder. The best dessert to bake this Christmas.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 eggs
- 125 g castor sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 45 ml oil
- 70 g all purpose flour
- 10 g cocoa powder
- 10 g instant coffee powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp icing sugar or cocoa powder for dusting
- 250 g mascarpone cream cheese
- 200 g heavy cream
- 75 g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 tbsp condensed milk
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp instant coffee powder
- 3 tbsp chocolate chips
- Cocoa powder (chocolate sprinkles, red currants and rosemary sprigs)
Instructions
- For the Yule log, sift the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and coffee powder. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs until thick and pale – around 3 mins. Add the sugar little at a time beating well. Beat for 4-5 mins until it’s creamy and doubled in volume.
- Pour in the vanilla and the oil gradually beating well. Add the dry ingredients and fold together until combined. Pour and level the batter in a lined quarter sheet tray. Bake for 10-12 mins or until it’s done, it should feel springy when you touch it.
- Dust over icing sugar on a large tea towel and flip over the baked hot sponge. Remove the baking paper and roll into a log while still hot.
- To make the filling whip all the ingredients together until combined, set aside.
- To make the ganache, heat all the ingredients together except for the chocolate until combined and simmering, take off the heat and add the chocolate, stir well.
- Once the cake is cool, unroll it in the tea towel and spread over most of the filling. Using the tea towel roll it back up to make a log. Lightly frost the top with the remaining frosting, pour over the ganache, dust with cocoa powder and allow to chill for 20-30 mins before adding fruit and serving.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg
Keywords: Tiramisu Yule Log