One dessert / Nine interpretations

Rolled chocolate log: choose your mood

Find the ingredients, the assembly and the decor specific to each version.

Recipes to discover

Chocolate cake in a small suitcase, decorated with strips of marzipan and a flat-coated U-handle

Trompe-l'oeil / 55 min of preparation

Chocolate Cake Small Suitcase

The cacao sponge is mounted in three plates with ganache rather than rolled. Two strips of marzipan and a small coated handle transform this low rectangle into a gourmet suitcase.

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Four sections of sponge roll make up a manga board: two large cylinders and two small, laid separately, with a bubble of white chocolate lying on the longest.

Manga & Chibi / 55 min preparation

Four-Panel Chocolate Yule Log

Four sections of sponge roll make up a manga board: two large cylinders and two small, laid separately, with a bubble of white chocolate lying on the longest.

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Whole cocoa log covered with dark striated ganache; a slice is placed next to it and shows the brown spiral around a small center of light almond punctuated with candied orange.

Surprise cakes / 50 min of preparation

Cocoa Yule Log with a Marzipan and Orange Swirl

The chocolate spiral surrounds a small clear roll of almond and candied orange, visible in each slice.

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Whole chocolate log with two small rectangular plates of cocoa shortbread laid flat on top; the third rests next to it. The opening shows candied orange dice between two small ganache rails. No part of the log removed.

Decorations to reveal / 1 hours 05 minutes of preparation

Chocolate Yule Log with Three Lift-Off Panels

Three cocoa shortbread hide a line of candied orange on top of the log.

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Presentation of a portion of the prepared portions. Round slices of rolled chocolate lying horizontally as thick pieces, spirals turned upwards. Small flat knots in white chocolate, two very simple solid loops, no erect slice.

Cute & Kawaii / 55 min of preparation

Chocolate Swiss Roll Gift Parcels

The log slices are spiraled upwards; a small flat knot of white chocolate turns each into a gourmet gift.

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A selection of four small logs rolled with cocoa, dark ganache satin on the curve and spirals visible at both ends, without branches or figurines.

Chic & Elegant / 50 min of preparation

Eight Mini Swiss Rolls with Satin Chocolate

Two fine rolls are detailed in eight individual logs, spatula-clad, leaving the two spirals bare.

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Whole log rolled with chocolate, brown ganache streaked with a fork, spiral and crumb visible on the detached slice, without figurine or branch attached.

Retro & Traditional / 40 min preparation

Christmas Swiss Roll with Fork-Textured Bark

A large sponge roll to share, ganache inside and outside, irregular lines resembling bark and spiral visible at the cut.

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Two logs of chocolate log lying on the edge, two-thirds visible brown spiral, each with a large comma of soft white ganache.

Snow & Ice / 50 min of preparation

Mini Yule Logs with White Ganache Snowdrifts

The log is sliced into eight lying logs; a large white ganache comma covers only one-third of each chocolate spiral.

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An entire low rectangular chocolate cake with three sponge leaves and two layers of ganache visible at the ends, top shared in three large pink, ivory and brown rectangles, no roll or figurine.

Pop & Colored / 45 min of preparation

Three-Tier Yule Log with Bold Colour Panels

The sponge roll becomes a low cobble with three leaves; the top carries three large rectangles pink, ivory and chocolate, without small confetti.

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