Log Bloggin'
Hope you're all having a dreamy Christmas morning. I'm just popping by to share one of my favorite holiday recipes with you: an old-fashioned Icebox Peppermint Yule Log cake! These are super easy to make and and extremely delicious to eat! Whenever I bring this to a party, people line up for seconds and thirds, no joke. Bring one to your next gathering...a New Year's Eve party perhaps? You won't be sorry!
Icebox Peppermint Yule Log Cake
Makes approximately 6 servings.
1 box Nabisco's Famous Chocolate Wafers (9 oz.)
2 3/4 c. heavy cream
Crushed Candy Canes (about 5)
1/2 c. confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
1/4 c. cocoa powder
1: Beat 1 1/2c. cream, 1/4 sugar, peppermint and mint extracts unti soft peaks form. Fold in crushed candy canes.
2. Make 6 or so stacks of 6 wafers each, with 1 tbsp. peppermint cream sandwiched between each wafer. Top 5 stacks with another tbsp. cream, leaving one stack plain (with a wafer on top). If things are sliding around too much, pop the whole shebang in the freezer for a moment, then bring it back out and keep assembling. Hint: I usually assemble my stacks on a foil-wrapped cutting board. It keeps things clean, and makes it easy to pop in and out of the freezer if needed. Work quickly and you won't have much trouble.
3. Turn wafer stacks onto their sides and press them all together, leaving the plain-topped wafer stack at the end. I usually have to assemble the log diagonally on my cutting board, it's pretty long! Pop this bad boy in the freezer for at least 5 hours. Hint: After an hour in the freezer, I usually cover the log with plastic wrap—do it too soon and it's mess city.
4. Beat remaining 1 1/4 c. cream with remaining 1/4 c. sugar and 1/4 c. cocoa until stiff peaks form. (This mixture should be a bit more firm than the filling was.)
5. Trim 2-3" wedges (on the diagonal) from the both ends of the log, set aside. Place the log on a serving plate and slather it with most of the cocoa cream, reserving about 1/2 cup. Press the reserved log wedges into the sides of the log wherever you like, these are the stumpy bumps! Cover stumps with remaining cocoa cream.
6. Drag a fork all over the log to simulate tree bark, then freeze log for at least 3-4 hours. Let it sit at room temp for 15-20 minutes before serving.
You can garnish the log any number of cute ways...spearmint "leaf" candies, powdered sugar "snow", or little faux-mushrooms made with Hershey's Kisses and nonpareil candies. Here in Casa Candyland, we're usually too anxious to eat it to dress it up much...but maybe you have more patience than we do? Be sure to send me a photo if you decide to give it a try.
Enjoy!
Your bark texture is amazing! Merry day after Christmas!
Posted by: jennifer w. | December 26, 2006 at 04:37 PM
I love the new blog home :) and this log looks so good!! (how often do I get the chance to say that?)I am going to try and make it for new years eve for sure, i miss you and the sassy-good-fun :) :)
Posted by: heidi | December 28, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Yum! I think I'll be making that this weekend!
Posted by: Kristen | December 28, 2006 at 09:42 PM
that is so pretty. must make.
Posted by: meg | December 29, 2006 at 05:54 AM
genius
Posted by: silvia | January 02, 2007 at 03:01 PM
Good heavens, I am impressed with your culinary prowess. Someday I will have the time to attempt to bake something again! In the meantime I will just vicariously live through you, is that OK? That's OK, right? Ha.
Posted by: MJ | January 03, 2007 at 08:53 AM
I absolutely love this. I'm celebrating Solstice/Yule this year with my kids. I live in an apartment so I can't burn a yule log.
Yum!
Posted by: Heather | December 12, 2007 at 09:41 AM
This is a great idea... i may have to try it for my party this weekend!
Posted by: Dot | December 12, 2007 at 10:16 AM
I just popped mine in the freezer for its first chill. It looks wonderful; thank you so much for the recipe!
Posted by: Diana Foss | December 24, 2007 at 01:12 PM
Thanks again for this. You can see my attempt here:
http://bleuarts.blogspot.com/2007/12/handmade-holiday-dessert.html
Posted by: Ansley | December 26, 2007 at 06:55 PM
hey!! i have never seen something that butiful... im going to try to make it anyways my name is also shawnee how cool huh?? lol!♥
Posted by: shawnee beasley | March 26, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Hi... just wanted to let you know I made this cake this year and absolutely LOVED it! What a wonderful, and beautiful, recipe! I did have to change it a bit, because I couldn't find Chocolate Nilla Wafers. Check out my blog (http://sudingfamily.blogspot.com) for details and pictures. The cookie recipe I made for my Yule Log tasted awesome! It was considerably bigger than it would have been with the wafers, so I had to double the chocolate cream part of the recipe.
Thanks again for a beautiful addition to my holdiay meal line up!
Posted by: Shanan | December 25, 2008 at 08:20 PM