Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log

Name: Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 255 grams package chocolate wafer cookies; 59 milliliters natural unsweetened cocoa powder; 473 milliliters chilled heavy whipping cream; 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder; 118 milliliters powdered sugar plus additional for garnish; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 8 purchased vanilla meringue cookies

Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 327 calories, 3g of protein, and 22g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up instant espresso powder, natural cocoa powder, powdered sugar plus additional, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It is perfect for Christmas.

Instructions

Sift 1/2 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder,and espresso powder into small bowl. Usingelectric mixer, beat cream and vanilla inlarge bowl until soft peaks form.

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Instant Espresso

Powdered Sugar

Cocoa Powder

Vanilla

Cream

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Blender

Bowl

Add cocoamixture and beat until stiff peaks form.

Spread 1 side of 1 chocolate waferwith 1 rounded teaspoonful mocha cream;top with another wafer. Continue layeringwafers and mocha cream for stack of 5cookies.

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Chocolate

Mocha

Cream

Wafer

Place stack on its side on longplatter. Repeat making stacks withremaining wafers and some of mochacream; form log on platter by attachingstacks with mocha cream. Using offsetspatula or rubber spatula, spread remainingmocha cream over outside of log to coat.Cover; chill at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Canbe made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.

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Mocha

Wafer Cookies

Cream

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Spatula

Place platter with yule log on worksurface. Using fork, gently pull tines of forkalong length of frosting on log to create designresembling tree bark. Sift powdered sugarover log to resemble snow. Arrange meringuecookies or Meringue Mushrooms along sidesof log.

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Mushrooms