My Christmas party included the exciting yet difficult secret Santa gifts, with only the small budget of £5! (Such a difficult task with such a little amount of money). As i didn't really know the girl i got particularly well (she had just started working for us) i had a very difficult task on my hands- how can you get the perfect gift for someone you dont really know? After some long hard consideration the idea of a Christmas yule log sprouted in my mind (surely cake is a safe option- who doesnt love cake- and a festive one at that) but i knew that just any plain yule log wouldn't cut it, it was a Christmas gift after all!
After digging through a few old recipe books and searching the internet i arrived at Nigella Lawson's yule log recipie- it sounded perfect, and also looked like a new challenge to conquer as the special thing about this type of cake is that there is no flour involved at all- egg is the main component.
After a couple of hours the cake was made, rolled, cooled and filled and was simply sat there waiting to be decorated. The problem was though: how should it be decorated? There are so many different ideas surrounding Christmas i decided to play safe and go for the idea of a snow man and the north pole. After toying with a few piping techniques and many attempts and molding and creating the little snowman characters the cake was finally created!
Personally i couldn't watch my cake being eaten- i never can once I've spent so long making them, but i was assured it tastes as good as it looked, and for a secret Santa idea i'd definitely say i achieved the brief!
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