A quick, easy, delicious, no-bake Christmas dessert recipe. Chocolate ripple log looks super fancy & no one will know it's made of packet cookies!
Chocolate ripple log
I wouldn't even attempt to guess how many baked recipes I've tried in the last two years of blogging but it would most probably be a couple of hundred.
Sponge cake on the other hand, is a recipe that hasn't featured much. I think the only one actually to be created in my kitchen was this passionfruit sponge.
Sponge has always scared me a little with disaster stories coming from everywhere the idea of making something so destined for failure has never really appealed to me.
I feel the same way about sponge rolls. It would really annoy me to go to all the trouble of making a big slab of sponge only to have it break into a million pieces when I try to roll it up.
It's the reason I've never attempted a yule log but now I won't ever have to. I know that to many Aussie readers this isn't a new idea.
A chocolate ripple cake has featured at many an Aussie celebration over the years but I was only introduced to the recipe a few weeks ago by a friend of my mum's.
I combined the idea of a yule log with the simplicity of a chocolate ripple cake to create a chocolate ripple log.
According to mum it was was 'absolutely delicious' and something I must try.
After devouring my serving the night before last I have to say I totally agree.
Dunking the biscuits in sherry before sticking them together makes them soften into a moussey, sponge like consistency that almost melts in your mouth the second it touches your tongue.
Whipping a little cocoa into the cream mimics a rich chocolate mousse making it oh-so-light but so very rich I didn't go back for seconds.
There's zero baking involved and the whole thing takes about 15 minutes to put together - it's a no-bake Christmas chocolate log.
It's just like the festive favourite yule log but with about 10% of the effort and 100% of the deliciousness.
If you're not into using alcohol or you want it to be child friendly you could possibly use apple juice in place of the sherry and add a little brandy essence to it or make it with a very weak coffee.
The only thing you have to remember is to make it a day in advance so that the biscuits have time to soak up all the liquid and soften into cake-like goodness.
Doesn't it look gooey and mouth-watering?
Run a fork through the icing and finish it off with grated chocolate to give it an authentic log-like appearance.
Enjoy!
What about you?
Have you made a choc ripple cake or choc ripple log before?
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ packets of Arnott's Chocolate ripple biscuits
- 1 cup sherry
- 300 ml cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon cocoa
- chocolate for grating
Instructions
- Start a day before you want to serve the log.
- Whip the cream with the vanilla until soft peaks form.
- Dip a biscuit quickly in the sherry and shake off the excess.
- Spread one side of it with whipped cream then dip another biscuit and join them together.
- Lay them on your serving tray standing up and continue until you've filled the tray.
- To make a branch, add biscuits perpendicular to the log and add them on a slight angle.
- Add cocoa and icing sugar to the remaining cream and fold/whip it in.
- Coat the log in the chocolate whipped cream.
- Run a fork through the icing to rough it up and make it look like bark and then sprinkle with grated chocolate.
- Refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving.
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Charmaine says
I’ve made many but substitute the sherry with Cointreau then to decorate I candy orange peel almost into a toffee and place on top. Does down very well. Have also done one with Malibu for a friend who didn’t like chocolate orange, also decadent...sprinkled some coconut on top of that one
Alex says
Charmaine, do you think I could substitute Cointreau for orange juice as I would love to make a choc orange version of this for my daughters woodland theme birthday party?
Claire says
I think that would work ok.
Suse says
As an Australian I can tell you, you don't need to substitute the sherry for anything - the biscuits will go cakey without being dunked in anything, just from the cream in between each one. Which makes it even quicker to knock out! :)
Claire says
Yes that's true. Won't have the drunken taste though ;-)
Cassandra Aldcroft says
Hey Mate! I made this on Saturday to take to a friend's bbq on Sunday and it was a mega hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestion. I was trying to work out what to make.
Claire says
Yay! Glad it was a hit Cass!
The Café Sucré Farine says
So pretty Claire and so fun to find a wonderful substitution that you can make so quickly. It looks just like its sponge cake cousin!
Claire says
It's quite deceiving isn't it Chris?!
Christine @ Cooking Crusade says
Mmm yum I LOVE choc ripple cream cakes but I've never made one before. Very clever making it into the log shape - it looks great!
Claire says
Thanks Christine! It sure tasted good.
My Kitchen Stories says
Nice recipe Claire. Quick and easy and Choclatety. I might make it for my nephews.
Claire says
Hope they're over 18!
Hotly Spiced says
What a pretty chocolate log. I love a yule log at Christmas. We usually have one on Christmas Eve. I've always baked mine though! This recipe seems to much easier and less time consuming xx
Claire says
It is so easy Charlie although probably not a good one for Alfie! x
Stephanie @ henry happened says
I've never seen or heard of this! How fun!! I love the idea of a boozy cake :)
Claire says
It's pretty wonderful Stephanie!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
I haven't had a ripple cake in ages! I remember making it because my MIL doesn't eat eggs and this was a tasty alternative cake :)
Claire says
I hadn't thought of that yes it's great for egg-free diets too.