Wednesday 27 July 2011

Chocolate Swiss roll

I had the pleasure of baking for a colleague this past weekend. He just gave me the money and asked me to surprise him. Love it!
I decided to make a Swiss roll with a twist.

RECIPE
You’ll need the following:
·         100g flour
·         3 tbsp cocoa
·         100g castor sugar
·         3 eggs
·         ¼ tsp salt
·         250 ml whipping cream
·         100 ml caramel
·         +- 15 chocolate balls 
·         2 tbsp icing sugar
Method
·         Sift dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
·         Separate eggs and beat egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff
·         Gently fold egg yolks into egg whites
·         Gently fold dry ingredients into the eggs
·         Pour batter into a lined and greased baking tray, ensuring that the mix is evenly spread
·         Bake for 10 minutes at 200  ̊C
·         Once baked, place cake on clean kitchen towel, remove the baking sheet and allow to cool
·         Spread caramel evenly on the cake
·         Whip the cream and icing sugar together and spread evenly on the cake
·         Chop chocolate balls in half (as evenly as you can get them) and place on the cream spread
·         Roll the cake up carefully, slice and enjoy

NOT-SO-FINE PRINT: THIS COULD HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE TRYING TO SHED SOME WEIGHT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.