Yule Log Cake
This Yule Log recipe is creamy, chocolatey deliciousness. Just don't be intimidated by how gorgeous it looks. It is SO EASY to make. It starts with a boxed cake mix. Read on for the Easy Yule Log Recipe Using Boxed Cake Mix.
Ingredients
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
- 6 Eggs
- ⅓ cup Water
- ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
- Powdered Sugar
For the filling:
- 1 8 oz. tub Whipped Cream
- 1 7 oz. container Marshmallow Creme
For the frosting:
- 1 14 oz. container Whipped Chocolate Frosting
Instructions
- Beat eggs in stand mixer or with electric hand mixer for 5 to 6 minutes until they turn a pale yellow and are frothy.
- Add in cake mix, water and vegetable oil and mix until smooth.
- Pour cake batter into 12"x18" baking pan that has been lined with parchment paper and sprayed with baking spray.
- Use spatula to spread batter evenly across pan. Bake at 350º for 15 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and let cool 5 to 10 minutes only.
- Place a linen or cotton kitchen towel onto a flat surface and sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar.
- Turn cake over onto the kitchen towel.
- Remove parchment paper.
- Roll cake tightly lengthwise, leaving towel inside cake as it rolls.
- Place on cooling rack, seam side down, and allow to cool 30 minutes.
- Prepare filling by mixing together whipped cream and marshmallow creme in large bowl.
- Use electric hand mixer to combine until smooth.
- Unroll cooled cake and spread filling over entire cake top.
- Roll cake once more, this time using kitchen towel as a guide, but not letting towel get rolled into cake.
- Wrap tightly with kitchen towel and place rolled cream filled cake seam side down in refrigerator and let chill for 1 hour so that it stays molded in shape.
- Take cake out of refrigerator and cut both ends off to reveal a sharp, straight roll.
- Frost with chocolate frosting and use fork or pastry bag with star tip to create lines that mimmic tree bark.
- Sprinkle with light dusting of powdered sugar to look like snow.
- You can also garnish with rosemary sprigs and fresh cranberries dipped in water and sprinkled with sugar to look like frosted berries.
