Nov '25 • Recipes
Passed down through generations (and not a measuring spoon in sight) — this Yuletide Log is pure Welsh magic. 🎄🍫
🍫 Grandma’s Yuletide Log (a.k.a. Wales Does Christmas Like a Pro)
Ingredients🎂 For the sponge:
- 3 eggs
- 3 oz caster sugar
- 2 oz self-raising flour
- 1 oz cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp hot water (yes, that’s the secret weapon)
🍫 For the butter icing:
- 6 oz margarine
- 8 oz icing sugar
- 2 oz cocoa
How to Make It (Because We’re Fancy Like That)
- Whisk It Like You Mean It:Pop your eggs and sugar into a mixing bowl. Place it over hot water and whisk like your life depends on it — or at least until it’s thick, glossy, and doubles in size. (Basically, the gym session you didn’t plan for.)
- Fold, Don’t Flog:Mix your flour and cocoa, then gently fold into the egg mixture. Add a spoonful of hot water because Grandma said so — and she was always right.
- Bake & Roll:Pour into a lined tin and bake at Gas Reg 7 for about 7 minutes — just long enough to make the kitchen smell divine. Turn it out onto greaseproof paper, roll it up tightly, and let it cool. (Don’t panic if it cracks — we call that “rustic charm.”)
- Unwind & Ice:Once cooled, unroll, spread with whipped cream, and roll it back up again like you’ve done this your whole life.
- Go Full Festive:Smother it in chocolate butter icing, throw on some swirls with a fork (pretend you’re Michel Roux for a moment), and dust the whole thing with icing sugar like a fresh Welsh snowfall.
🎄 Grandma’s Tip:“Never skimp on the icing, love. It hides all sins — culinary or otherwise.”
This is the very same Yuletide Log my gran made every Christmas in her tiny Welsh kitchen — no recipe book in sight, just a wooden spoon, a twinkle in her eye, and a tin that somehow made magic every single year.
If this makes you nostalgic (or hungry), you’re in good company.Join Cwtch & Cooking — where every recipe comes with a story, a smile, and a sprinkle of icing sugar. ✨
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Passed down through generations (and not a measuring spoon in sight) — this Yuletide Log is pure Welsh magic. 🎄🍫
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