Yule Log Cake is a traditional Christmas cake. It is also known as Buche de Noël, It basically looks like a cake roll, a log. This year as you can’t really go out and socialize much, so what better way than to celebrate Christmas at home with your loved ones and bake a cake.

It symbolizes the age-old tradition of getting the biggest possible Christmas tree at home and burning the end of it to make a long-lasting fireplace. So, this time celebrate it with your family at home. Follow this simple recipe to make the perfect Yule Log Cake.

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 175°C for 10 minutes as it's very important for your cake to bake well. Place a sheet of parchment paper in the cake tray and put the tray in the oven. 

Step 2: Whisk 1 cup refined flour, 1 cup cocoa powder, ½ tsp baking powder, and some salt in a bowl. In another bowl, whisk 4 egg yolks and 2 cups of sugar till they combine and keep aside. Add 3 tbsp sour cream, 500 g melted butter, and 1 tsp vanilla extract and mix well.

Step 3: Put the flour and cocoa powder batter in the bowl and mix well together. Add the 4 egg whites and whisk. Spread the cake batter on the tray and bake it for 10 minutes.

Step 4: Once the cake has been cooked and cooled down. Start rolling it gently from one end and keep it aside.

Step 5: Combine 300 ml cream, a pinch of salt, and 3 tbsp sugar together and spread this filling evenly on the cake. 

Step 6: Roll the cake again and cover it with plastic wrap to tighten it and refrigerate the cake for at least an hour.

Step 7: In a bowl, whisk 250 g chocolate and 1 cup cream till it is combined to get a ganache like consistency.

Step 8: Then cut about one inch of the cake and decorate it with the ganache. Cover the layer of cake with the ganache to make it look like a log.

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