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Christmas chocolate yule log
Photo: Charisse Kenion

Christmas chocolate yule log

14 ingredients Serves 8 openrecipes

This rich and creamy Yule log is not for the faint-hearted - it's a decadent triple-chocolate Christmas treat, but it's as easy as making a Swiss roll.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

767
Calories
18g
Protein
53g
Fat
58g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Icing not in our table 0
Whisky not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
  • vegetable oil, for greasing
  • 150g/5½oz golden caster sugar
  • 6 large free-range eggs, separated
  • 250g/9oz high quality dark chocolate (minimum 60 per cent cocoa solids)
  • For the buttercream icing filling
  • 250g/9oz unsalted butter, softened
  • 450g/1lb golden icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 50g/1¾oz cocoa powder, sifted
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • For the cream filling
  • 400ml/14fl oz double cream, lightly whipped
  • 250g/9 oz raspberries
  • dash whisky liqueur (optional)

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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