Yule Log chocolate and whiskey

Ingredients for 8 people

For the biscuit:

* 4 eggs
* 100 g caster sugar
* 45 g flour
* 45 g cornflour
* 30 g cocoa powder
* Salt


For the filling:

* 350 g dark chocolate
* 1 cup strong coffee
* 1 cup whiskey
* 20 cl cream
* 25 g butter


For decoration:

* 200 g dark chocolate
* 1 tablespoon oil
* Sugar

Preparation

Combine flour, cornstarch and cocoa. Separate the whites from the yolks of 3 eggs. Beat the egg whites. Mix the remaining egg yolks and beat the 3 by adding the powdered sugar until the mixture whitens. Add the flour and cocoa mixture, then gently fold the egg whites.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and butter. Spread the dough over and cook for 10 minutes in an oven preheated th. 7 (210 ° C). Upon exiting the oven, turn the dough onto a clean cloth wet and peel off parchment paper. Then roll the cake in the towel wet and cool.

For the filling is a ganache, boil the cream and butter mixture. Turn off heat and throw the chocolate cut into squares in order that he founded. Cool.

The realization of chocolate chips begins to melt the chocolate in a bain-marie. Turn off heat and add oil. Pour the mixture on a cold work (ideally in marble) on 1 cm thick. Before the chocolate hardens once it no longer shines, scrape the surface with a spatula warmed inclined at 45 degrees.

To build the log, roll out the biscuit to soak the coffee and whiskey mixture. Spread the ganache, leaving 2 cm without ganache on the sides. Roll the biscuit, cover with the remaining ganache to look like a real log, cut the ends so that the log has a straight cut.

Garnish with chips and refrigerate for 4 h. Sprinkle with icing sugar just before serving, this traditional Christmas cake with chocolate!