The famous chocolate Christmas cake from France, made to resemble a Yule
log. If need be, the cake can be stored, frozen, for up to a month.

Recipe by Phil Vickery

I found this recipe in Phil's book and it seemed easy enough to make for a big party, but because I could not find forced rhubarb (it's important to be bright red colour), I tried it with red plums and it was a bit too sweet for the same amount of sugar added, but then decided to go for raspberries, as they were available locally and my rule now is to have any red colour (sour) fruit.

Select ripe small/medium sized tomatoes still on the vine. In our case I used Midi Plum Tomatoes, (Italy), and Dutch Round.