Chocolate Roll Cake with Pink Raspberry Cream
- 5 Egg yolks
- 4 Egg whites
- 75 grams Granulated sugar
- 40 grams Cake flour
- 20 grams Cocoa powder
- 40 grams Butter (melted over a bain-marie)
- 300 grams Double cream
- 25 grams Granulated sugar
- 100 grams Frozen raspberry
- Melt the butter over a bain-marie.
- Sift the flour and cocoa powder together.
- Line the cake tin with baking parchment.
- Make the meringue.
- Add 1/2 of the granulated sugar in 3 batches to the egg whites.
- Beat at a high speed with your hand mixer.
- After some time lower the speed and continue to beat for another 2 minutes to make the texture smooth.
- In a separate bowl add the egg yolks and the rest of the sugar.
- Beat at a high speed with your hand mixer until pale and fluffy, and leaves a trail when the mixer is lifted.
- Add a little of meringue into the egg yolk mixture and transfer the mixture back into the meringue bowl.
- When it is 70% combined, add the flour and cocoa powder.
- Also add the melted butter at this point.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and flatten the surface with a scraper.
- Drop the tin several times from a height to get rid of large air bubbles.
- Bake at 190C for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove the sponge from the tin when it is done.
- Cover with a cloth to prevent it drying out and leave to cool.
- Make the cream.
- Whisk the cream until a thin ribbon forms when a whisk is lifted.
- Add 1/2 of the frozen raspberries.
- Continue to whisk until soft peak stage, and then add the rest of the raspberries.
- Continue to whisk until stiff peaks form.
- After cooling, slice the top and bottom ends of the cake off.
- Slice the near-side end straight and the far-side diagonally.
- Place the sponge onto baking parchment and put more of the filling cream on the near-side.
- Spread the cream, leaving a thin border on the far-side.
- Start to roll up the cake tightly from the near-side, and then use the baking parchment to roll the rest of the cake.
- When you finish rolling, gently squeeze to set it in place, and place joint-side down.
- Twist the excess baking parchment at both sides to secure the cake and put it in the fridge to set.
- Slice off both ends and slice into your desired thickness.
- And it's done
- Serve onto a plate and enjoy.
egg yolks, egg whites, sugar, flour, cocoa, butter, cream, sugar, frozen raspberry
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148522-chocolate-roll-cake-with-pink-raspberry-cream (may not work)