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🍽️ Classic Chocolate Swiss Roll

389 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Turn on the oven and preheat it to 200 degrees Celsius with fan assistance.
  2. 2. Separate the eggs. Remove the yolks and beat them with half of the butter until creamy.
  3. 3. Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.
  4. 4. Add the remaining sugar gradually to the egg whites and continue beating until the mixture is glossy and forms stiff peaks.
  5. 5. Mix flour, starch, and cocoa in a separate bowl.
  6. 6. Gently fold the egg whites into the yolk mixture.
  7. 7. Sift the flour mixture over the batter and gently fold it in.
  8. 8. Spread the batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  9. 9. Bake the cake for 10 to 15 minutes.
  10. 10. Invert the baked cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with sugar.
  11. 11. Carefully peel off the parchment paper.
  12. 12. Roll up the cake along with the towel and let it cool.
  13. 13. Whip 300 milliliters of cream with powdered sugar and cream stabilizer until stiff.
  14. 14. Chop the chocolate into small pieces.
  15. 15. Melt the chocolate over a hot but not boiling water bath.
  16. 16. Remove the chocolate from the heat and let it cool slightly.
  17. 17. Stir the remaining cream into the cooled chocolate.
  18. 18. Unroll the cooled sponge cake.
  19. 19. Spread the chocolate cream thinly over the sponge base.
  20. 20. Let the cream dry briefly.
  21. 21. Add the rest of the whipped cream on top of the chocolate cream.
  22. 22. Roll everything up tightly.
  23. 23. Place the roll in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
  24. 24. Slice the roll into pieces.
  25. 25. Dust the slices with powdered sugar.
  26. 26. Garnish the roll with holly leaves.

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