Chocolate Yule Log
- 1 pre-made chocolate jelly roll cake
- 1 (16-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cocoa powder, for dusting
- 10 miniature marshmallows
- 10 chocolate kiss candies, unwrapped
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- Special Equipment: 10 toothpicks
- Lay cake on a clean work surface.
- Mix the whipped topping and vanilla extract together until combined.
- Spread white frosting over the top of the cake to coat completely.
- Roll up the cake, jelly-roll style, and then cover the outside of the cake with the frosting.
- Drag a fork along the length of the cake to form a bark design.
- Dust with cocoa powder and refrigerate.
- For the forest mushrooms, insert 1 toothpick through each marshmallow and then into the flat side of the chocolate kiss to form "mushroom."
- Group chocolate mushrooms along cake by inserting toothpicks into surface of cake, at intervals to resemble growths of forest mushrooms.
- Dust chocolate kiss candies with confectioners' sugar.
- Slice and serve.
chocolate jelly roll cake, frozen whipped topping, vanilla, cocoa, marshmallows, chocolate, confectioners, toothpicks
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/chocolate-yule-log-recipe.html (may not work)