This moist chocolate Swiss roll is covered in a thin layer of milk chocolate and lightly dusted in icing sugar.

Light and flavoursome, the chocolaty butter icing doesn't overpower. The thin covering of milk chocolate doesn't travel well in the shopping bag but presentation aside, this scored highest for taste.

*****

M&S Chocolate Yule Log 5.79 Beautifully presented, with a thick chocolate coating, this rich cake looks great when sliced.

There's a strong cocoa taste which some of the panel loved. The chocolate buttercream filling is delicious, although some may find the chocolate coating overly sweet.

****

Superquinn Chocolate Log 5.09 Made in the in-store bakery, this Madeira-style log seems to be more of a yearround product than a festive cake.

The overly sweet cream filling tastes more of coffee than chocolate, which led us to check the label. The sides are covered with thousands which look pretty but add nothing to the flavour.

*

Tesco Finest Rich Chocolate Fudge Log, 2.25 Prettily presented, they're not joking when they call this rich. The moist chocolate Swiss roll has been wrapped in milk chocolate before being coated in chocolate fudge icing. Filled with chocolate buttercream and chocolate sauce, this was a little too rich.

***