Yule Log Cake
Recipe of 1 cm x 1/2 sheet pan chocolate sponge. |
cake tray. |
Thaw 500 ml of cherries, reserve juice, and then cut in half.
of whipped cream, stabilized. |
Brush sponge with generous amount of reserved (sweeted) cherry juice.
Place cut cherries evenly over sheet.
Add stabilized whipped cream.
Roll, refrigerate until set for a few hours.
Prepare 2 egg recipe of chocolate italian meringue.
Cut 1/4 of log at a 45 degree angle.
Place small end as a V branch to main log. Trim main log so its square again.
Comb meringue over logs to simulate bark.
Place ~ 16 -24 meringue mushrooms over log and base, "glued" in place with butter cream.
Pipe border.
Sprinke Oreo crumbs (1/2 - 1 cup) over board to simulate dirt.
Dust meringue mushrooms with a 1 T cocoa powder. Carefull with ones glue on top of log, so no cocoa gets on cake.