Chocolate Christmas Log cake recipe - the Traditional Maltese Way!

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao nibs

💰Cheaper: semi-sweet chocolate

Cacao nibs offer a healthier option with less sugar.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia offers a low-calorie sweetness.

Crush biscuits in a food processor on a medium speed.

Transfer crushed biscuits into a large mixing bowl.

Add chopped walnuts, mixed nuts, candied peel, glace cherries, cocoa powder, and brandy shots. Give everything a good mix.

Add condensed milk and stir everything really well until all ingredients are well combined.

Transfer mix onto a worktop and continue to bind everything as if ‘kneading a dough’ lightly. Form into a long rectangular shape.

At this stage, you can either leave it as one big log or you can cut it in two.

Roll out and shape each piece into a rectangular shape like we did already.

Place on a greaseproof paper and wrap each log. Place in refrigerator to harden for 12 hours.

After 12 hours, you can take them out of the fridge and prepare for decorating.

Melt the chocolate bain-marie style.

Spread melted chocolate all over the log with the back of a spoon.

With the side of the spoon, scrape the chocolate vertically to make some grooves and make it look more like a real log.

Decorate with some Christmas toppers and dust with icing sugar.

Cooking Techniques

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