YULE LOG

INGREDIENTS

Cake

3 

eggs

1 3/4 

cups devil's food cake mix with pudding (from 18.25-oz box)

1/3 

cup water

2 

tablespoons vegetable oil

1 

tablespoon powdered sugar

Rich 

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 

cup whipping cream

1 

cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)

1 

tablespoon corn syrup

1/4 

teaspoon vanilla

Filling

1 

container (12 oz) whipped vanilla frosting

DIRECTIONS

• Heat oven to 375°F for shiny metal pan (or 350°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line bottom only of 15x10x1-inch pan with foil or waxed paper; spray with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 5 minutes or until thick and lemon colored. Add cake mix, water and oil; beat on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched in center. If necessary, run knife around edges of pan to loosen cake. Turn cake upside down onto clean kitchen towel sprinkled generously with powdered sugar; carefully remove foil. While hot, carefully roll up cake and towel from narrow end. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, in medium microwavable bowl, microwave whipping cream uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds or until it just starts to boil. Stir in chocolate chips and corn syrup; let stand 3 minutes. Beat gently with wire whisk until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Refrigerate about 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes, until spreading consistency.
• Unroll cake carefully and remove towel. Spread filling evenly over cake; roll up cake. Place cooling rack on sheet of waxed paper. Place cake roll on cooling rack; frost cake. Using fork, drag tines through frosting to resemble log. Let stand 15 minutes. Transfer cake to serving platter. Store loosely covered in refrigerator. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.