{"id":1773,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:40","slug":"christmas-log-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/christmas-log-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Log Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Cake
\n1 C. cake flour, sifted
\n1\/4 tsp. salt
\n1 Tbsp. baking powder
\n4 egg
\n1 C. sugar
\n1\/4 C. water
\n1 Tbsp. lemon juice
\nMeringue Mushrooms
\n2 egg white
\n1\/4 C. cream of tartar
\n1\/4 C. sugar
\nCocoa
\nButter Cream
\n1 C. butter
\n3 egg yolk.
\nIcing
\n1 Tbsp. espresso, powdered
\n1 Tbsp. milk
\n3 C. sugar, confectioners-sifted
\nFood coloring, green<\/p>\n

Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Grease a jellyroll baking sheet. Line with parchment paper. Grease parchment paper; sift dry ingredients together. Beat eggs at high-speed about 5-10 minutes. Add sugar by Tbls., beating until butter is very thick. Add lemon juice and water. Fold in dry ingredients in four stages, 1\/4 C. at a time. Spread evenly on baking sheet. Bake at 375. 15 minutes or until sponge springs back when tested. Sift powdered sugar onto sponge. Turn cake out onto clean towel. Remove parchment paper. Trim edges of sponge if crispy. Roll up gently, leaving towel inside, while until warm; cool. Beat egg whites, when foamy add cream of tartar. When soft peaks form, gradually beat in sugar. Beat until meringue is stiff and glossy. Pipe meringue through a pastry bag, making and equal number of stems and caps to resemble small mushrooms. Bake mushroom pieces at 250. When cool, glue them together with butter cream icing and dust lightly with cocoa in fine strainer. Beat egg yolks and butter together until smooth. Add coffee and milk. Gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until smooth. Mix about 1\/2 C. frosting with green food coloring for ivy decoration. Assemble – Unroll cooled sponge, remove towel, spread, cake with butter cream icing. Roll up. Cut off at a diagonal, a 2-inch slice. This is tree stump. Frost the outside then add stump and frost. Make ivy patterns. Add mushrooms. Dust whole cake very lightly with powdered sugar, to simulate snow. Keep in refrigerator. Cut with serrated knife.
 
 
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