Oreo Yule Log Cake

Hi All! Hope everyone is already in the mood for Christmas and Year 2011! I guess by the time you all read this post...I am already on my vacation back to California. Yeah I didn't want to post this any earlier, so I set to this date to post. :) Christmas has always been a heart warming and joyous period of the year. Families gather to share good food and gifts with their love ones, and some will even extend it further to the more needy ones too. Bless them. Christmas is all about sharing and giving. Although I haven't done anything significant, at least I made a delicious Oreo Yule Log cake to share with my family, heehee! Oh yes, before I forget! I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #2: Christmas! Hosted by Passionate About Baking.

Frankly speaking, it was such a last minute thing. Reason was my in-law has informed us to go over to their place for a gathering last weekend before we head off for my Xmas vacation. But being a Saturday, it's always jam packed with my kids' extra lessons, so the chances of me baking anything is slim. However I decided that I will just go ahead and bake it with the limited time I have. Believe it or not, I actually got this log cake done in 1.5hrs! Including washing up!

I guess I was really focus and wham bam it's done, hahaha! Good thing it's a sheet cake, so it bakes in no time...well in like 13 to 15 minutes. I adpated this recipe from Wendy (again) whom has a post on a Oreo Chiffon Cake a while back, which I believe she got from Cherry Potato. Either way, thanks ladies! I have reduced the recipe to fit my baking sheet pan. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients for Oreo Chiffon Cake: (for 10" by 13" sheet pan):
Set (A)
65gm oreo (half a regular tube), lightly pulverized together with cream

Set (B)
4 egg yolks
45g sugar
45ml milk
45ml corn oil
80gm cake flour, sifted

Set (C )
4 egg whites
½ tsp cream of tartar
45gm sugar

Method:

• Mix yolks and sugar together. Then put in the oil and milk. Then the sifted flour. Combine with a whisk until smooth. (Do not whisk or beat but just combine)
• Preheat oven at 170C.
• Beat egg whites until frothy, put in cream of tartar and beat until soft peaks. Put in sugar gradually and beat until stiff.
• Gently fold in the egg whites into egg yolk mixture 1/3 at a time till all is incorporated.
• Put in pulverized oreos and fold until well combined.
• Pour batter into greased and parchment lined baking sheet pan and level it evenly.
  
• Bake in the preheated oven for 13 to 15 minutes till tester is clean and the top is golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool completely before removing from pan.

Filling:
100g Valrohna chocolate (65% cocoa), chopped
200ml non dairy whipped cream, whipped.

• Melt the chocolate under double boiler and let cool slightly but still warm to the touch.
• Add the warm chocolate to the whipped cream and stir well till everything is well blended and even colored.
• Chill in fridge till needed.

Topping / Coating:
1 pack of 125g original Oreo cookies, pulverized (I used only 3/4 of it)

Assemble:

• On the cooled sheet cake, spread 1/2 of the chocolate cream evenly over, leaving about 1 inches "uncreamed " on one longer-sided end.
• Roll up the sheet cake on one of the long side and press firmly and wrap up with a clean kitchen towel. Chill the cake for 30 minutes. (I didn't...no time!)
• Once chilled, slice about 1/4 slightly at an angle from one end of the cake and place the 1/4 section where desired to create a side branch.
  
• Cream the log cake with the remaining 1/2 portion of chocolate cream.
• Pat the pulverized Oreo cream all over the log cake. Decorate as desired.
  

This is a delicious cake, trust me. The whole family enjoyed it and many of them went for seconds, heehee! Come on...Oreo and Valrohna chocolate...what's not to love, lol!

Across section shot...I have to agree with my niece whom commented that this was the perfect swiss roll size, not too big a roll and just right for desert. Yum! :P

Lastly, I want to take this opportunity to wish all my dear readers, fellow bloggers and everyone out there;

A Blissful & Joyous Christmas!

See everyone in the new year, 2011 that is. Take care and cheerio all!