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Chocolate Yule Log Cake
(for people who can't do swiss roll!!)1 chocolate cake baked in a loaf tin - basic
chocolate cake recipe here (or 1 chocolate swiss roll if you can do it!!)1 batch of vegan chocolate 'butter' icing: Beat together half a cup/130g/4oz vegan margarine with 1 and a third cups/210g/7 oz sifted icing sugar and one tablespoon of cocoa (also sifted to avoid lumps). Beat in a few drops of natural vanilla extract.
1 tablespoon of icing sugar for dusting
1 festive cake board or large plate and decorations of your choice (fake flowers or berries, holly leaves, small baubles etc.)
Cake Assembly:
Cut the corner off one end of the cake and turn it round to look like a branch - arrange on the cake board or plate.
Secure the branch with some of the icing.
With a knife smooth off the corners of the log to make it rounded.
Cover the entire cake with the rest of the icing, then use a fork to make lines and knots like a log :)
Dust with icing sugar.
Decorate to your hearts content.