Chocolate cherry roll

Name: Chocolate cherry roll
Yield: 6 - 8
Ingredients: 4 tbsp. cocoa; 100 mL (3 1/2fl oz) milk; 5 eggs; 125 g (4oz) golden caster sugar; 400 g can pitted cherries and chop fruit; 12 tbsp cherry jam

A light whisked chocolate sponge filled with black cherries - best served with lashings of extra thick double cream!

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 18 May 2005

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Yields:

6 - 8

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. cocoa
100 ml (3 1/2fl oz) milk
5 eggs
125 g (4oz) golden caster sugar
400 g can pitted cherries and chop fruit
12 tbsp cherry jam

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. Line a 30.5x 20.5cm (12x8in) Swiss-roll tin with baking parchment. Mix 4tbsp cocoa and 3tbsp milk in a bowl.
2. Step 2
  Heat 100ml (3½fl oz) milk in a pan until almost boiling. Add to the bowl, stirring. Cool for 10min. Whisk 5 egg whites in a clean grease-free bowl until soft peaks form. Whisk together 5 egg yolks and 125g (4oz) golden caster sugar until pale and thick, then gradually whisk in the cooled milk.
3. Step 3
  Fold in the egg whites. Spoon into the tin and level the surface. Bake for 25min or until just firm. Turn out on to a board lined with parchment; peel off lining parchment. Cover with a damp tea towel.
4. Step 4
  Drain a 400g can pitted cherries and chop fruit. Spread 1-2tbsp cherry jam over the roulade and top with cherries. Roll up from the shortest end, dust with cocoa and icing sugar, cut into slices and serve.
  
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Per Serving:

Calories: 190
Total carbs: 27 g
Total fat: 6 g
Saturated fat: 2 g

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