Name: Chocolate Log Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 120 g caster sugar; 120 g plain flour (sifted with cocoa powder); 15 g cocoa powder; 500 g dark chocolate; 500 g whipping cream; 100 g unsalted butter

Recipe by rainna

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This would give a chocolate love an orgasm if made with the right chocolate. I used Varlhona's 70% cocoa butter. Yummy.

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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

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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"This would give a chocolate love an orgasm if made with the right chocolate. I used Varlhona's 70% cocoa butter. Yummy."

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creation by rainna

1/15/2009

This would give a chocolate love an orgasm if made with the right chocolate. I used Varlhona's 70% cocoa butter. Yummy.