Recipe- Fancy Bakery Style Chocolate Swiss Roll

Swiss rolls are the kind of fancy cake you make when you want to impress someone. But making a fancy cake is too much of a task! Isn’t it? The answer is NO, not all the fancy looking cakes are difficult to make. All you need is right technique and right quantity of good quality ingredients.

Ingredients

¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
½ cup all purpose flour
4 Large Eggs
135 g sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 Tbsp Oil
1 Cup Heavy Cream
¼ cup castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100 g dark chocolate
½ cup heavy cream
1 TablespoonMilk

Method

- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer add 4 large eggs, 135g sugar, and oil. Whisk them at the speed of 2 for 4-5 minutes till frothy.

- Add cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt and Mix everything for 2-3 minutes on speed of 2 till well blended.

- Now line a baking tray with parchment paper or Silpat.

- Pour the cake batter into the thin layer and bake at 180C for 10-12 minutes.

- On a flat surface place another parchment paper and sprinkle some cocoa powder over it.

- Gently flip the chocolate sponge over the parchment paper while it is still warm. Now roll it very gently into a log-shaped roll and keep it aside.

- In the mixing bowl of the stand mixer, add the heavy cream and sugar whip it at a speed of 1 till it forms peaks.

- Now gently unfold the chocolate roll. Spread the whipped cream on the cake, this time lift the edge of the parchment paper and roll the cake with filling to form a log/roll.

- Refrigerate it for an hour and then cut it into slices as per your preferred thickness. You can make decorate it with a fancy pattern with ganache or chocolate sauce but frankly speaking, I love it as it is with few chopped fruits and a cup of tea or coffee.