{"id":893,"date":"2024-12-16T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:51:01","slug":"brownie-yule-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/16\/brownie-yule-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownie Yule Logs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As you may have noticed from my last post, I’m not the quickest to jump on a trend bandwagon. I saw brownie yule logs all over Instagram last year (or maybe it was 2022?) but I finally wanted to give it a try this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I purchased the Finch Bakery Yule Log instructions \/ recipe<\/a> (well worth the \u00a33) and gave it a go a few weekends back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first attempt I went with was the chocolate brownie Yule Log, that I filled with biscoff and milk chocolate. I followed the Finch Bakery recipe and instructions, and was amazed that things went well & the roll turned out brilliantly. Genuinely expected it to go far worse for my first attempt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The above image shows some of the steps involved.
– Baked the brownie and allowed it to cool fully, before mixing it in my stand mixer.
– Lined my sheet tin with cling film, and pressed the brownie into it
– Allowed that to set again, then added the filling – in this case a mixture of Biscoff and oreo crumbs.
– I then rolled the log, using the clingfilm to help hold it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wrapped the log and allowed it to fully chill before coating with melted chocolate. I used milk chocolate for the outside of this one, and added some fondant toppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling confident after attempt 1, I decided to try a Blondie Roll with PB filling. I used a different recipe to the one on the Finch Bakery sheet, which is a blondie I had successfully made before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things seemed OK at first, until it came time to roll the log, and the blondie just crumbled into a sand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At first I thought about giving up on this one and using the crumbs for some truffles, but I saved it by adding more “wet” ingredients to the mixture to get it to a rollable consistency (basically oil & peanut butter!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time around, it went a lot better but was VERY THICK thanks to the extra ingredients. No-one would complain to that though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I coated this log in blonde chocolate mixed with raspberry powder to give it more of a PB&J vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undetered from the issues with the PB roll, I decided to try a peppermint bark one. The brownie layer was fine, but my white chocolate ganache filling was too wet and I had to scrapre it off and re-do it before rolling. You couldn’t tell though – and this one was my favourite (taste wise):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of all this, I decided to try one more roll… this time feeling inspired by the cornflake rolls I have seen posted by Georges Bakery. My friend got me his “Rebel Bakes” book earlier this year for my birthday, so I decided to try making the caramel cornflake recipe to use in a roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take 1: Making the caramel from scratch & I managed to burn the sugar. I binned it and tried again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take 2: This time, my sugar wouldn’t melt & I ended up having to bin that batch too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take 3: I decided to deviate from the Rebel Bakes book and instead try making a “wet” recipe. This went to pot too – the sugar was not browning and the mixture just looked like a wet fudge. Rather than waste even more ingredients, I ended up combining that with chocolate and marshmallows to form a decadent cornflake cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add to my annoyance, I couldn’t get the cornflake mix to “roll” without breaking so I ended up just squeezing it into one big log & coating with a mix of white and dark chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of this one annoying me the most, it was the best tasting cornflake roll – so at least that part went well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ended up slicing the logs last week. I boxed some up for friends (alongside the cookie pie slices) and then took the rest to work with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you may have noticed from my last post, I’m not the quickest to jump on a trend bandwagon. I saw brownie yule logs all over Instagram last year (or maybe it was 2022?) but I finally wanted to give it a try this year. I purchased the Finch Bakery Yule Log instructions \/ recipe … <\/p>\n

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