Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log
A festive no-bake chocolate yule log made with chocolate wafer cookies layered with rich mocha cream and decorated with meringue cookies. This elegant dessert features a delicious combination of coffee, chocolate, and cream.
Ingredients
- •½ cup powdered sugar
- •¼ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- •2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- •2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1 package chocolate wafer cookies
- •8 pieces vanilla meringue cookies
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Sift 1/2 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and espresso powder into small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat cream and vanilla in large bowl until soft peaks form. Add cocoa mixture and beat until stiff peaks form.
10 min
- 2.
Spread 1 side of 1 chocolate wafer with 1 rounded teaspoonful mocha cream; top with another wafer. Continue layering wafers and mocha cream for stack of 5 cookies. Place stack on its side on long platter. Repeat making stacks with remaining wafers and some of mocha cream; form log on platter by attaching stacks with mocha cream. Using offset spatula or rubber spatula, spread remaining mocha cream over outside of log to coat. Cover; chill at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
120 min
- 3.
Place platter with yule log on work surface. Using fork, gently pull tines of fork along length of frosting on log to create design resembling tree bark. Sift powdered sugar over log to resemble snow. Arrange meringue cookies or Meringue Mushrooms along sides of log. Cut log on diagonal into thick slices. Serve immediately.
15 min