Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool slightly before turning out onto a piece of baking parchment. Hence the creation of these bite-sized mini rolls or Yule logs. After reading Felicity Cloake’s recent Guardian article on how to make the perfect Yule log, I was itching to get into the kitchen and experiment. We had a Christmas party to go to on Sunday for which I’d promised to do some baking, but rather than bring an unwieldy full-sized log that would need slicing and serving, I decided to attempt some miniature versions instead. Using a palette knife, spread ganache over the top and edges of one of your rolls. Smooth flat then drag the tines of a fork across the surface to create a bark effect. Repeat until all the rolls are covered with ganache. Mini Yule Logs - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a chocolate flavoured filling, covered with milk chocolate and sprinkled with a light sweet dusting. Double Chocolate Cakes - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a chocolate flavoured topping, covered with milk chocolate and sprinkled with a light sweet dusting. Mini Rolls - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a vanilla flavour filling, covered with milk chocolate. Caramel Cakes - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a caramel topping, covered with milk chocolate and finished with a white decoration. Strawberry Roses Cake Bars - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a strawberry flavour topping, covered with milk chocolate. Festive Cake Bars - Chocolate flavoured sponge with a white chocolate flavour topping, covered with milk chocolate. Alternatively, you can sign up for our Daily Newsletter for the top headlines straight into your inbox. Read More Related Articles

The Christmas aisle has well and truly arrived at supermarkets across the UK and with many people starting their big Christmas shops, I thought I'd do my bit to give you a helping hand! Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and line a large (mine was 23 x 33cm) swiss roll tin with baking parchment. Asda, Morrisons, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi and even Cadbury's all have their own versions of the famous chocolate yule log dessert, but which one is the best?Minimum life based on 'use-by' date of product. Average life based on last week's deliveries. Life guarantee shown based on delivery tomorrow with the Life guarantee starting the following day. One of my favourite Christmas treats is a yule log. It doesn't have to be fancy, the ones covered in chocolate and sprinkled with 'snow' are enough to satisfy my yule log needs. On that note, here's a look into the best yule logs for 2022 so far. A number of main brands and retailer's are yet to unveil their yule logs for Christmas – but don't worry, we'll be tasting those as soon as we can get our claws on 'em and adding them into this delicious list. You're welcome!

The recipe below looks like a lot of steps but they are all pretty simple. The most fiddly bit is covering the logs in ganache and if they don’t look completely picture perfect, they’ll still taste absolutely delicious. As noted above, you could omit the step where you slice the sponge into smaller rectangles and make this into one large yule log, if you like. Chocolate Flavour Filling (24%) [Sugar, Vegetable Margarine (Vegetable Oils Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Emulsifier (E471)), Glucose Syrup, Water, Fat Reduced Cocoa, Icing Sugar, Maize Starch, Dried Egg White, Emulsifier (E471), Flavourings (contain Barley, Milk)], Milk Chocolate (17%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Dried Skimmed Milk, Milk Fat, Vegetable Fat (Palm), Dried Whey (from Milk), Emulsifier ( Soya Lecithin)], Chocolate Sauce (15%) [Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Water, Humectant (Glycerol), Fat Reduced Cocoa, Maize Starch, Cocoa Mass, Sweetened Condensed Milk ( Milk, Sugar), Unsalted Butter, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)], Wheat Flour (with Added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Fat Reduced Cocoa, Soya Flour, Dried Whole Egg, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Sweet Dusting (Dextrose, Cornflour, Palm Oil), Dried Whey (from Milk), Raising Agents (E450, Sodium Bicarbonate), Dried Egg White, Emulsifier (E471), Milk Proteins M&S and Aldi were also a bit of a struggle as they didn't have a classic yule log, so I had to opt for a mini and a luxury alternative instead.I took my yule log tasting session very seriously and made sure I didn't know which was which. After all, this is serious business! In a small saucepan, bring the cream and sugar to the boil, simmer for one minute then remove from the heat and allow to stand for one minute. Pour the warm cream over the chocolate and stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture completely combined.

On the hunt for the best mince pies too? Of course we've also got a roundup dedicated to the pastry treats.All, except the Cadbury one were supermarket own brand which you may expect would all taste the same, but my expert chocolate log tasting panel would disagree. Whip the cream and icing sugar together until firm peaks form (being careful not to over-whip). Stir in the melted chocolate and liqueur then fold in the crushed biscuits. Fill a piping bag with the mixture and set aside. Pipe the amaretti cream in a thin layer over the whole surface then roll the whole thing away from you. If any cream splurges out the edges, smooth it off with a palette knife. Repeat until all 16 rectangles are filled and rolled.