Chocolate Roulade with Raspberries

  • 6 egg whites
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 3 C double cream
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 4 tbsp cocoa
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup confectioner sugar
  • 2 LB frozen raspberries
  1. Pre-heat oven to 400º
  2. Line a large tray with parchment paper and oil it generously with sunflower oil.
  3. Whisk the egg whites until stiff with a balloon whisk on high speed.
  4. Whisk yolks, sifted cocoa and sugar for 2 minutes on high speed with balloon whisk.
  5. Fold egg whites into chocolate mix.
  6. Spread out and place immediately into the oven.
  7. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes.
  8. Meanwhile place a large sheet of parchment paper on a clean table surface.
  9. When done, turn out onto parchment paper
  10. Peel off first parchment paper and roll to a roulade, allowing parchment paper to be rolled up too
  11. Leave to cool for two full hours
  12. Whip up the cream together with sugar and vanilla.
  13. Unroll, and fill the roulade with still frozen raspberries and cream, reserving some cream for decoration.
  14. Now roll back up, removing parchment paper
  15. Serve sprinkled with icing sugar and some sprigs of mint from the garden.
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