Ingredients for the chocolate sponge cake: • 4 eggs • 100g/3.5oz sugar • 75g/2.5oz flour • 25g/1oz cocoa powder • a little of water in case you need to moisten the dough
Ingredients for whipped cream with chocolate and crystallized oranges : • 200g/7oz chocolate • 150+100g/5+3.5oz of whole single cream • little crystallized orange cubes
Ingredients for the decoration • chocolate icing • 100g/3.5oz chocolate to make the chocolate leaves and to create the log's bark
The finishing touches • Spread 80g of melted chocolate evenly on a sheet of wax paper using a spatula, and leave it a few minutes in the fridge, until it hardens. • Prepare a chocolate icing. To do that, you need : 1. 140g dark chocolate 2. 70g sugar 3. 110g butter 4. 15 centiliters of whole milk • Put the chocolate pieces in a saucepan • Cover with cream and cook at low heat. Turn off the heat when the chocolate is melted. • Add the butter pieces and mix well • Your icing is done; you can use it when it's hot or keep it in the fridge and heat it up when needed.
• Place the log on a cooling rack. Place a plate underneath to catch extra icing • Cover the entire log with icing, starting at the center and moving to the edges • Cut the chocolate leaf in pieces of various sizes to create the bark • Place them on the icing, which should still be slightly liquid. • You can also add a little powdered sugar • Let set in the fridge for an hour before serving
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