Recipe: Swiss Chocolate Rolls

Rediff reader Ria Ganwani sent us a recipe for Swiss Chocolate Rolls.

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Who doesn't like chocolate rolls drenched in chocolate sauce and stuffed with whip cream?

Here's the yummy recipe:

Ingredients

Servings: 8

For the cake

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup milk powder
3/4 cup white butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa powder

For frosting

6 tbsp butter
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup sugar
2 drops vanilla essence
1/2 cup of milk
3/4 cup choco chips

For assembly and serving

200 gm whipped, sweetened cream
1 cup chocolate sauce (see the note below)

Method

To make the cake

To make the chocolate cake, mix in all the cake ingredients together.
If the dough is too thick, add an additional 1/4 cup milk.
Bake it in a preheated oven in an 8-inch cake pan at 180 degrees C for 35 minutes.
Take out of the oven and cool

To make the frosting

Warm the milk over low heat and add the chocolate chips.
Once the chipst melt, take off heat and mix well.
Add in the sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, butter.
Beat thoroughly till it loses its gloss and let cool.
Keep aside.

Assembly

Crush the cooled baked cake, entirely thoroughly.
And then add the chocolate frosting in it and mix till the consistency is like a chapati dough.
On a large rectangle of butter paper, spread the cake dough to cover the paper.
The thickness has to be consistent, otherwise the roll will crack.
Spread whipped cream on it.
Roll it inwards very slowly, carefully discarding the paper as you roll.
Wrap in foil.
Refrigerate it for 15 minutes at least, ideally slightly longer.
Take the refrigerated cake out and pour dark chocolate sauce over it.
Wrap up.
Refrigerate for half an hour.
Take out of fridge and cut into circular shapes.
Serve.

Ria's Note: For the chocolate sauce, either buy a readymade sauce. Hershey's will do fine.

To make your own: Beat 6 tbsp of butter and add 1/2 cup cocoa powder and add 3/4 cup sugar to it. Beat for five minutes and add 1/2 tsp vanilla essence. Meanwhile warm 1 cup milk over low heat and add 3/4 cup of choco chips. Stir until all the choco chips have melted. Add this mixture to the butter-cocoa-sugar-vanilla mixture and cool.

Photo: Ria Ganwani

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