Chocolate Roll Cake
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Chocolate sponge cake with light chocolate whipped cream. This chocolate swiss roll cake is the perfect level of light chocolate sweetness.
- Author: Catherine Zhang
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 1 roll cake 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: Asian
Cake
- 35g White sugar (I) (2 tbsp)
- 15g Cocoa powder (2 tbsp)
- 75g Cake flour (3/4 cup)
- 45g Milk (3 tbsp)
- 50g Vegetable oil (3 tbsp 1 tsp)
- 4 Egg yolks
- 4 Egg whites
- 50g White sugar (II) (1/4 cup)
Chocolate Whipped Cream
- 210ml Thickened/heavy cream (3/4 cup 2 tbsp)
- 8g Cocoa powder (1 tbsp)
- 50g White sugar (1/4 cup)
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F and line a 25 x 30 cm pan (10 x 12 inches) with baking paper
- Heat the milk and oil in a small saucepan until steaming
- Meanwhile, in a medium sized bowl whisk the egg yolks and sugar (I) together
- Slowly add the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture and whisk
- Sift the cocoa powder and cake flour into the milk/yolk mix and whisk until combined
- In a large mixing bowl whisk the eggs and sugar (II) until stiff peaks
- Fold the meringue mixture into the yolk mixture 1/3rd at a time until just combined
- Pour into the lined cake tin and bake for 25 minutes
- Remove from the oven and invert onto a sheet of baking paper
- Remove the baking paper and replace with a clean kitchen towel
- Flip the cake so the towel is on the bottom and the baking paper is ontop
- Roll the cake from one short end to the other, place seam side down and allow to cool completely
Chocolate Cream
- In a medium sized bowl combine the cream and sugar.
- Sift in the cocoa powder
- Whip the thickened/heavy cream to medium-stiff peaks and set aside until the cake is ready to fill
Assembly
- Unroll the cake, then remove the baking paper and kitchen towel
- Spread the cream evenly over the cake, then roll following the curl of the cake
- Wrap the rolled cake in cling wrap and let rest in the fridge for minimum 2 hours
- Remove, dust with cocoa powder and serve