Chocolate Yule Log

Recipe adapted from "Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Desserts," Miramax Books, 2002

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Christmas

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (26)

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Prep Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

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Total:: 20 min

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Ingredients

Cake:

1 pre-made chocolate jelly roll cake

Filling and frosting:

1 (16-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cocoa powder, for dusting

Forest Mushrooms:

10 miniature marshmallows
10 chocolate kiss candies, unwrapped
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
Special Equipment: 10 toothpicks

Directions

Lay cake on a clean work surface. Mix the whipped topping and vanilla extract together until combined. Spread white frosting over the top of the cake to coat completely. Roll up the cake, jelly-roll style, and then cover the outside of the cake with the frosting. Drag a fork along the length of the cake to form a bark design. Dust with cocoa powder and refrigerate.

For the forest mushrooms, insert 1 toothpick through each marshmallow and then into the flat side of the chocolate kiss to form "mushroom." Group chocolate mushrooms along cake by inserting toothpicks into surface of cake, at intervals to resemble growths of forest mushrooms. Dust chocolate kiss candies with confectioners' sugar. Slice and serve.

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recipe Chocolate Yule Log
Toni Charlotte, NC 01-03-2009
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It was perfect
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Although I did not use her recipe for her frosting, but my own... But it turned out perfect. And it was a huge hit... As I... ready the other reviews I think the store bought frosting makes it too sweet and the cake if you start with frozen it is so much easier to frost... But my simple recipe for a frosting is 8 oz or low fat cool whip (thawed) and 1 block of low fat cream cheese (room temp)... Whip this like crazy with your mixture. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and powder sugar 1 tablespoon at a time to your liking... I used 3 and it is perfect. Read more
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Amber Bessemer, MI 12-24-2008
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Easy and Very good!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I laugh myself silly how crazy some people get about the reviews on here...."it ruined my party", "my guests hated it", "went... right in the trash"...my goodness lighten up and enjoy life and maybe be careful not to invite such horrible people over to your house. This was fun, silly and just plain cute!! Read more
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Anonymous 12-17-2007
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Filed under "one bite"
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

No one ate more than one bite. I wound up scraping this cake off plates into the garbage. The homemade cookies went well... though, as did the bakery goodies brought by other guests.Read more
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Anonymous 10-12-2007
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Super Rich & Easy to Make
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the recipe to die for-all of the fancy hotels make this one at Christmas and I made it and it is super easy. Thanks... SandraRead more
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Holly Celebration, FL 12-29-2006
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This was not that great
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

The photo in her cookbook looked much better than the cake on her show. But ours looked and tasted awful. Decorating with the... canned frosting is almost impossible. That is not what it was designed to do.Read more
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Brigetta Bridgeport, AR 12-27-2006
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My big family didn't eat any of this
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

a few tasted it, and the word spread quickly that it wasn't good.