Christmas Log

1. 1

   Crumble the Swiss roll into the bowl and add the biscuit crumbs, jam, orange juice and dried fruit and mix together with your hands.

2. 2

   Place the mixture on a board and shape into a roll about the size of the original Swiss roll, wrap in cling film and put in the fridge.

3. 3

   Using a potato peeler, scrape about 15g chocolate into shreds on to a plate.

4. 4

   Break the remaining chocolate pieces and put in a small bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water until melted, or melt in the microwave.

5. 5

   Beat the butter, then beat in the coated but still melted chocolate

6. 6

   Unwrap the log, and using a knife, spread with the icing, use a fork to make it look like tree bark and dust with icing sugar to resemble snow.

7. 7

   Put on a plate and sprinkle with chocolate shreds.

8. 8

   If liked, make fondant icing mushrooms and dip the heads into cocoa powder, then colour some fondant icing green and cut out leaves.

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