Chocolate Log Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
    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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