Christmas Adam...

♥ Ceri makes...  tradition has become that myself and the girls from school get together every year on Christmas Adam (Christmas Eve Eve!).  In honour of the occasion I whipped up a Festive Yule Log or Buche de Noel.

It may be a bit late in the festivities now but save this recipe for next year to wow your friends and family!

♥ CAKE - 70g plain flour, 10g cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, a pinch of salt, 4 eggs separated, 170g caster sugar, a dash of vanilla extract, 2 tbsp icing sugar
♥ CREAM - 300ml double cream, 4 tbsp icing sugar, cocoa powder and tia maria to taste

♥ Line a swiss roll tin with greaseproof paper and pre-heat the oven to 190C/Gas Mark 5
♥ Whisk the egg whites until stiff, add a little sugar.  Beat the egg yolks,  add the sugar,  gradually mix into the flour,  baking powder and salt.  Then fold in the egg whites.
♥ Spread the mixture onto the tin evenly and bake for approx 15 minutes or until golden and remove from the oven to cool,  removing the greaseproof paper
♥ Whip the cream and mix in the icing sugar,  sieve in the cocoa powder both to suit your taste and to achieve the colour you desire,  then add a few generous splashes of Tia Maria to suit your taste
♥ Spread half the cream evenly on the cake and carefully roll.  Cut about a third of one of the ends of the cake off at an angle and using some of the cream rejoin it to the main cake to achieve a log like look!  Then cover the cake with the remaining cream mix,  finish by making grooves in the cream to complete the log look,  a sprinkle of icing sugar for some freshly fallen snow...

A sprinkle of edible glitter adds that magical Christmas touch  ...although not perhaps the most photogenic makes of late!

♥ Ceri makes...  xx