Chocolate Log Cake

9 ingredients
10 steps

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

Directions

  1. 1
    Chocolate Sponge:
  2. 2
    Whisk eggs with sugar, at high speed, until the eggs have tripled in size and becames thick and airy.
  3. 3
    Fold in the flour and cocoa powder.
  4. 4
    Spread on a baking tray, with parchment paper.
  5. 5
    Bake in oven 200C for about 5 minutes.
  6. 6
    Ganache:.
  7. 7
    Boil the cream in saucepan. Pour the cream unto the chopped cooking chocolate, and stir slowly, until all the chocolate has melted and smooth.
  8. 8
    Cool in refrigerator.
  9. 9
    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.
  10. 10
    Roll tightly using a parchment paper to aid you. Cover the log with ganache, and top with chocolate dipped cherries.

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