Part 1: Swiss Roll Sponge
Ingredients
Method- 5 Eggs
- 150g Castor Sugar
- 50g deZaan True Dark Cocoa Powder
- 50g Plain Flour
- 30g Corn Flour
- Warm the sugar in an oven at 160°C for 10 minutes. Then pour onto the whisking whole eggs.
- Whisk on full speed for 8 minutes. Then remove from the machine and with a hand whisk fold through the sieved dry ingredients.
- Spread evenly on a baking mat and bake at 190°C for 6 minutes.
- Remove from the tray once baked and peel off the mat gently.
- Once the sponge is completely cold, spread the entire sheet with chocolate buttercream and chopped cherries and roll up into a tight log.
- Then comb scrape the buttercream on the outside of the logs.
Part 2: Chocolate Buttercream
Ingredients
Method- 350g Castor Sugar
- 120g Water
- 125g Egg Whites
- 500g Unsalted Butter
- 300g Dark Chocolate
- 25g deZaan True Dark Cocoa Powder
- Cook the sugar and water to 121°C.
- Once the sugar reaches 110°C, start to whisk the egg whites on full speed in a mixing machine.
- Pour the sugar over the whites turning down the speed when the sugar syrup is added.
- Whisk the meringue until it is cold.
- Then add the softened butter and deZaan True Dark cocoa powder and whisk until smooth.
- Finally melt the chocolate and pour this into the buttercream.
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