This festive showstopper is as delicious as it's beautiful. A light, tender chocolate sponge rolled up with a creamy coffee filling and finished with a rich, silky ganache frosting. Inspired by the traditional French Yule log cake, it dates back to the 19th century, when it was created to mimic the wooden logs burned during holiday celebrations. This version keeps all the charm, complete with whimsical vegan meringue mushrooms and sparkling candied cranberries for a touch of magic. It’s everything you want in a holiday dessert—decadent but not too heavy, elegant but still fun. A little celebration all on its own.
Servings
Total
4 hr + 55 min
Prep
1 hr + 30 min
Cook
25 min
Cool
3 hr
Contains
soy
gluten
Free from
peanut
tree nut
sesame
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This looks amazing😍 thank you for creating it! ⭐️ Would it work with gluten-free oat flour?
PUL Team - Dec. 6, 2025, 4:09 p.m.
Aw so happy it caught your eye, Dunja! As for gluten-free oat flour, it behaves quite differently from wheat flour, so we wouldn’t recommend swapping it 1:1 here. It's already a bit of a tricky recipe, and without gluten in the flour, I'm afraid the batter won’t hold its structure the same way, and the cake may turn out more fragile and crumbly. Because we haven't tried it with a gluten-free flour blend ourselves, we can't say for sure how well it'll work, and wouldn't advise. With our other cake recipes that don't require rolling, though, we've heard pretty good reviews when using a GF flor blend (rather than just one type of GF flour) - I hope this helps for now :)
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This looks amazing😍 thank you for creating it! ⭐️ Would it work with gluten-free oat flour?