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it it may take a little longer to cook.
Magical Attributes: Generosity, goodwill, empathy, service, and depending on which goodies you put
into the dough other blessings will abound.
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Yule Log
Ingredients
4 eggs, yokes and whites separated
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1/ cup white granulated sugar(Yes, I know sugar is listed twice...)
1/2 tsp vanilla (or peppermint extract, almond extract...)
2/3 cup white flour
1/4 cup cocoa (the dry powered, not the blocks)
1 teaspoon baking powder
Whipped cream
Chocolate icing (Homemade or store bought)
Directions
Using a wire whip or hand held electric mixer, beat the egg yolks until thick and very close to the color
of lemon peels. Gradually add in the 1/2 cup sugar. Set aside. Using extremely clean beaters, whip the
egg whites until soft peaks form. Peaks will form but will quickly "slump" over. (Note: oils and fats on
the beater or in the bowl will prevent the egg white from whipping correctly.) Gradually add in 1/2 cup
sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. They will hold the peaks very well at this point. Gently fold the
egg whites into the egg yolks. Try not to beat it up too bad, this cake raises mostly because of the air
you've just incorporated into the eggs.
Sift the dry ingredients together. Gently mix or fold into the egg mixture.
Spread batter evenly into a well greased and floured jelly roll pan (15 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1" pan). Bake at
375 degrees for about 10-12 minutes.
When done, a tooth pick inserted into the center will come out clean.
Immediately loosen the sides and turn the cake out onto a lint-free towel that has been sprinkled with
flour or powdered sugar. Starting at the narrow edge, roll the cake and the towel up together. When
cool, unroll and remove the towel. Completely cover the upper surface with the whipped cream. We
like to add shreds of chocolate, but this is optional.
Re-roll the cake. Now you have a brown and white spiraled "log". Place it on the serving tray or plate to
ice it because you won't be able to move it to another server once it has been iced. Spread the chocolate
icing over the surface of the cake, don't worry about it being even.
After the surface is covered, take a fork to make short,wavy patterns coming the entire surface to give a
log like texture.
If you want, garnish the center with small pine trimmings or cones (clean ones...)
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Easy Yule Log Cake
1 package commercial cake mix, preferably chocolate
2 cans (24 oz.) pre-made frosting in a dark brown color
Several tubes of cake decoration frosting in green, white, and red
Several toothpicks
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and line a jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Mix the cake according
to package instructions and pour a thin layer -- no more than 1/4-inch thick -- into the prepared jelly roll
pan. Bake the cake until just underdone. If you can't tell by looking, then use the knife test. When the
knife emerges not quite clean from the center of the cake, and when a light touch does not bounce back
easily, it needs to come out. Check the cake at 7 minutes, and then every 2 minutes past that.
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