Chocolate Christmas Log (Cookie Cake)

*Pixie*'s Note:

This is a Christmas tradition in my family. We often have to make more than one and somehow ingredients tend to go missing in action. It is so easy, kids love to help (which explains the missing ingredients). To make cookie cake, double the recipe and place the cookies and cream in layers in a springform pan (topping with a layer of whipped cream). After refrigerating at least overnight, remove sides of pan and apply more whipped cream as icing.

• Total Time: 13 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 13 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 log

• 1 package chocolate wafer cookie
• 2 cups whipping cream
• sugar
• shaved chocolate , for decoration

Directions:

1. Whip 1 1/2 c of cream add sugar to taste (1/4- 1/2 cup).
2. Put a teaspoonful of sweetened whipped cream on a cookie, top with another cookie.
3. Add another teaspoonful and another cookie.
4. Repeat.
5. Place on one end of a flat rectanglar serving dish (or plate), with the cookies vertical.
6. Put a teaspoonful of cream on a cookie and add it to the end.
7. Repeat until all the cookies and cream are used in a log shape.
8. Coat with remaining cream and cover lightly in plastic wrap.
9. Refrigerate at least overnight.
10. When ready to serve, whip remaining cream and sweeten.
11. Recoat the log with the whipped cream and decorate with chocolate shavings.
12. To serve, cut on the diagonal.

Reviews

[Diana #2]

This is a delicious and impressive dessert. Easy too. I have a slightly different version, which calls for spreading raspberry jam on the other side of each wafer before stacking. It's a little messy assembling, but that's not really a problem. :) Your guest will think you spent hours on this. I've had this recipe for so long, I don't recall exactly where I found it, but it may have been off the wafer package. In any case, you simply *must* give this a try. Thanks for posting Pixie. :)

[Ninna]

Pixie this has been a Christmas tradition in our family too. My mum made this every Christmas then I took over the tradition. The only difference is we dip the biscuits (cookies) quickly in brandy or sherry and we decorate with fresh strawberries. I also run the tines of a fork along the log, and mark a spiral at each end to make it look more like a log. At times when we need it to serve more I make a small branch coming diagonally off it. I was just about to post this but searched Zaar first, you saved me the trouble. Thanks Pixie this has been a tradition in our family for well over forty years.

[Happy Hobbit]

I have a love-hate feelings towards this recipe. The love is for how easy, quick and inexpensive it is to make, and how impressive the look and the flavor are (it's cookies and cream, everyone loves that!). The hate part comes form how frequently people ask for the recipe and it is embarrassing to tell the truth after being showered with compliments on the cake over and over and over. I decorate with whipped cream with cocoa and use a fork to make the "bark". Holly decorations are also easy to make - I melt some chocolate and pour on wax paper, pull shapes using a spoon and a toothpick, and cover with red and green sprinkles for berries and leaves.