Yule log spice cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter -- softened
6 tablespoons Margarine -- softened
1½ cup Sugar
2 larges Eggs
1⅔ cup Flour
½ teaspoon Baking soda
1½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
½ cup Buttermilk
1 cup Raisins
½ cup Currants
Creamy Chocolate Frosting:
¼ cup Butter or margarine
2 ounces Unsweetened chocolate
Squares
2 cups Powdered sugar -- sifted
⅓ cup Evaporated milk
1 pinch Salt
¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract
Chocolate leaves for garnish
Optional

Directions

Cream butter & margarine; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, soda, cinnamon & nutmeg. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning & ending with flour mixture. Stir in raisins & currants. Pour batter into 2 greased & floured 1 pound coffee cans, reserving 3 tbsp batter. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hr & 10 min. or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in cans 10 minutes; remove from cans & cool completely on a wire rack. Place 1 tbsp of reserved batter into each of 3 greased & floured miniature muffin pans. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 min. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove from pan & cool completely on a rack. Spread frosting on 1 end of each large cake. Place frosted ends together, forming one log. Spread remaining frosting, reserving ½ cup, over cake. Place miniature cakes on cake logs at intervals to represent knots; spread with reserved frosting. Score frosting with fork tines to resemble bark. Garnish with chocolate leaves, if desired. Yield: one 8 inch log cake To prepare frosting: Melt butter or margarine & chocolate in top of a double boiler. Add sugar, milk & salt; beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Yield: 1½ cups

Recipe By : moffats@...

From: Dscollin@... Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 22:04:25 -0500 File

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