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Jouluhalko (Yule Log)

Name: Jouluhalko (Yule Log)
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1.5 dl sugar; 0.75 dl wheat flour; 0.5 dl potato starch; 0.5 dl cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 jar rum-cherry marmalade 280 g; 1 jar orange marmalade 280 g; 1 carton whipping cream 2 dl; 1 tub Philadelphia Original cream cheese 180 g; 1 tsp vanilla sugar; 0.5 tsp cinnamon; 1 tub Philadelphia Original cream cheese 180 g; 1 carton whipping cream 2 dl; 100 g dark baking chocolate; 2 tbsp dark cocoa powder; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tbsp dark cocoa powder; dark baking chocolate; rosemary sprigs; cranberries frozen

Jouluhalko, or Bûche de Noël, is a traditional French Swiss roll resembling a wooden log. Its filling is flavored with cinnamon and rum-cherry marmalade.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Cook 1 h 15 minTotal 1 h 15 minInspired by k-ruoka.fi

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 225 °C. Whip the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the dry ingredients and sift them into the egg-sugar foam, gently folding them in. Spread the batter evenly onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
2
Bake in the middle of the oven for 8–10 minutes. Turn the cake sheet upside down onto a sheet of baking paper sprinkled with sugar. Carefully peel off the parchment paper from the top of the cake. Let it cool completely before filling.
3
Whip the cream, add the softened cream cheese, and mix until smooth. Season with vanilla sugar and cinnamon.
4
Spread the rum-cherry marmalade onto the Swiss roll base. Spread the cream-cream cheese mixture on top. Roll up the sheet tightly with the help of the baking paper, leaving the seam side down. Wrap the baking paper around the roll and let it set in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight.
5
Bring the cream cheese for the frosting to room temperature so it has time to soften slightly. Remove the baking paper and trim off the ends of the roll. Cut an approximately 8 cm piece from the Swiss roll to make the branches. Cut this piece diagonally in half.
6
Place the Swiss roll onto a serving platter and position the branch pieces on the sides. Turn one of the branch pieces upside down so the branches appear to grow upwards.
7
Whip the cream. Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into the cream cheese. Mix until smooth. Melt the chopped chocolate in the microwave (at 350 W) in 20-second bursts. Mix the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture with an electric mixer. Fold in the whipped cream in a few batches.
8
Spread the frosting immediately over the Swiss roll. Use a fork to draw patterns on the frosting to resemble tree bark.
9
Just before serving, sift cocoa powder over the top. Shave chocolate curls with a cheese slicer and sprinkle them on top of the log. Decorate with rosemary sprigs and cranberries.