• Preheat the oven to 180° C
• Grease a 38 cm x 25 cm jelly roll pan, line with parchment paper, and grease again. Set aside.

To Make The Cake:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  70 g cake & pastry flour, ¼ t baking soda, ¼ t salt
• In a stand mixer with the wisk attachment, beat the eggs at high speed until light coloured, about 5 minutes.
  4 large eggs
• Gradually add the sugar, and continue beating until thick.
  200 g granulated sugar
• Change to the paddle attachment, and blend in the water and melted chocolate.
  30 ml water, 60 ml melted 70% dark chocolate
• Using a spatula or wooden spoon, fold the dry ingredients into the liquid mixture gently but thoroughly.
• Spread the mixture into the prepared cake pan
• Bake for 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• While the cake is baking, spread a clean tea towel out, and generously sift icing sugar over the top.
  icing sugar
• When cake has baked, loosen the edges, and turn out of pan immediately onto the tea towel
• Remove the parchment paper
• Beginning at the narrow edge, roll the cake up in the towel loosely, and allow to cool completely

To Fill The Cake:

• In a stand mixer, with the whisk attachment, whip the whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
  480 ml whipping cream
• Add the icing sugar, and continue to whisk until blended
  1 T icing sugar
• Unroll the cooled cake
• Spread the whipping cream mixture evenly over the cake.
• Reroll the cake and even the ends off by removing a slice off each end.

To Decorate The Cake

• In a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter, icing sugar, chocolate, milk, and vanilla until well combined
  60 g unsalted butter, 125 g icing sugar, 30 ml melted 70% dark chocolate, 30 ml whole milk, ½ t pure vanilla extract
• Use some frosting to fix the cut ends to the cake to resemble bumps on the log.
• Frost the cake completely, and score the frosting with a fork to resemble bark.
• Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar to resemble newly fallen snow