Chocolate Log Cake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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For the Sponge
4 eggs
120 g caster sugar
120 g plain flour (sifted with cocoa powder)
15 g cocoa powder
For the Ganache
500 g dark chocolate
500 g whipping cream
100 g unsalted butter
Preparation
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Chocolate Sponge:
Whisk eggs with sugar, at high speed, until the eggs have tripled in size and becames thick and airy.
Fold in the flour and cocoa powder.
Spread on a baking tray, with parchment paper.
Bake in oven 200C for about 5 minutes.
Ganache:.
Boil the cream in saucepan. Pour the cream unto the chopped cooking chocolate, and stir slowly, until all the chocolate has melted and smooth.
Cool in refrigerator.
With a knife, trim the sides of the sponge to shape a rectangle or square. Sprinkle the sponge cake with some thin sugared syrup to keep the cake moist. Spread a thin layer of ganache of the sponge, leaving half an inch on the wide side to roll the cake.
Roll tightly using a parchment paper to aid you. Cover the log with ganache, and top with chocolate dipped cherries.
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