Desserts

Festive Yule Log "Cake"

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This looks spectacular!

posted by

a cook

on 12/16/2011

time

prep:

30 min

total:

12 hr 30 min

servings

total:

14 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (4 oz.) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, cooled slightly and divided

NILLA Wafers

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/4

cup butter, softened

1-1/2

cups powdered sugar

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

cup cold milk

1-1/2

cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, broken in half (28 squares)

oz. BAKER'S White Chocolate

1/4

cup fresh raspberries

Make It

step 1

PIPE small amount of semi-sweet chocolate into spiral design on wafers; refrigerate until ready to use. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add remaining melted chocolate; mix well. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.

step 2

BEAT pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP. Spread 1 rounded Tbsp. pudding mixture onto 1 graham square; cover with second graham square. Spread top with 1 rounded Tbsp. pudding mixture. Repeat with remaining graham squares and pudding mixture to form 12-inch loaf. Stand on edge on platter; frost with cream cheese mixture to resemble log.

step 3

RUN tines of fork over dessert to resemble tree bark. Refrigerate overnight. Meanwhile, make curls from white chocolate (see Tip); refrigerate until ready to use. Decorate with wafers, chocolate curls and raspberries. Cut into diagonal slices to serve.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 40 calories per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding, COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping and HONEY MAID Low Fat Honey Grahams.

How to Make Chocolate Curls

Warm chocolate slightly by heating it in the microwave for a few seconds until you can just smudge the chocolate with your thumb. Hold the chocolate steadily between your thumb and fingers of one hand and draw a vegetable peeler slowly over flat bottom of chocolate piece. Allow a thin layer of chocolate to curl as it is peeled off the bottom. This will make long delicate curls. To make short curls, use the same technique on the narrow sides of the chocolate piece. To arrange curls on a dessert, use a toothpick to lift them into place.

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a cook

posted:12/16/2011

This looks spectacular!

Nanadalyn

posted:12/10/2011

I make a similar cake using applesauce in between the graham crackers. The graham crackers swell from the liquid in the pudding. If you stack 4 or 5 upright and then put another two stacks next to that (then add the icing) you will end up with a cake that slices properly. It has to sit for the crackers to swell otherwise it will crunch when you try to cut it!

akfergie2002

posted:12/10/2011

Absolutely Wonderful! I will definately make it again. If you are confused with the picture as apparently everyone is, just remember you cut it diagonally, not straight!

macherry

posted:12/7/2011

I haven't made this, but I have a similar recipe for 13x9 pan with grahams/pudding that has to sit overnite to get "soft". I'm thinking that once it's taken out of the freezer, the thawing might make it soft enough to cut as in the picture. Otherwise get a saw (no pun intended) aka serrated knife and use care and possibly cut when still a bit frozen so layers don't fall apart.

kzolady

posted:12/6/2011

If you would have trouble slicing this cake lengthwise, you could probably bake the cake in a 12x12 or 9x13 pan and then slice it. It does look yummy though.

awolken38

posted:12/6/2011

I am confused. I can see in the picture where the graham cracker/pudding sandwiches are (2 white stripes with graham on either side), but what are the other more tan layers made up of?

jjtn2004

posted:11/29/2011

I figured out the picture!!! You have to cut it at an angle showing more of the graham cracker. Have to admit I was perplexed as well, glad to see I wasn't alone!

Logboy

posted:11/17/2011

I also want to know how to make this dessert and be able to cut the cake like the picture. Ingriedants are waiting,

a cook

posted:11/6/2011

I would like to know how the directions can be followed in such a way as to be able to cut the cake to look like the picture. I know how good it will taste.