Yule Log 🎄👇🏻 What a treat it is at Christmas to make this nostalgic dessert! This is inspired by Mary Berry's Yule Log with a few changes to the filling and icing. Ingredients For the cake: 4 large eggs 100g caster sugar 65g self raising flour 40g cocoa powder For the ganache icing topping: 300ml double cream 300g dark chocolate (Optional: a few tbsps of icing sugar to thicken) For the filling: 100g soft butter 250g icing sugar 1tsp vanilla extract Method: Whisk the eggs and sugar with an electric whisk until pale in colour and light and frothy. Sift the flour and cocoa together into a separate bowl and then fold gently into the egg and sugar mixture. Fold until the cocoa is fully incorporated. Pour the mixture into a lined 33×23cm tin (don't worry if it's not quite this dimension) and bake at 200°C for about 10-12 mins until well risen and firm to the touch Once out of the oven and cool enough to handle, tip it out on to another piece of baking paper lightly dusted with icing sugar. Place another piece of baking parchment on top of the sponge and gently roll up. Once in shape leave to completely cool. To make the ganache icing, add the chocolate and cream to a saucepan and gently heat until just melted. Cool to room temp and then place in the fridge to set/thicken. To make the filling, beat together the butter, icing sugar and the vanilla essence for a few minutes until combined, smooth and light in colour. Add to a piping bag. Uncurl the Swiss roll sponge and remove the baking parchment. Spread the butter cream on the inside and slowly roll. Don't worry if it breaks and cracks a little as you can cover with icing! Put the ganache icing into a piping bag and pipe lines of icing along the log until it is covered- you can either use a star shaped nozzle to create the lines, or use no nozzle and you can score it with a fork like I did. Decorate with leaves and berries if you wish and dust with plenty of icing sugar. Cut yourself a big slice even after you've filled up on Christmas dinner, because we all know dessert goes to a separate stomach 😉 - @fromscratchwithbob_