Black Forest Roll
Chocolate sponge cake rolled with black cherry and gelatin-set whipped cream, coated with cream and chocolate shavings.
Ingredients
Chocolate Swiss roll sponge cake (see page 350)
1 serving
Whipped cream (stabilized with gelatin, flavored with kirsch, see page 210)
as needed
Black cherries (drained)
as needed
Chocolate shavings
as needed
Instructions
1
Pipe cream strips
Using a round-tipped piping bag, pipe rows of cream strips along the length of the chocolate sponge, spaced about 3/8 inch (1 cm) apart
2
Fill with cherries
Fill the spaces between the cream strips with black cherries
3
Roll up
Roll up the cake
4
Decorate
Spread another layer of cream on the surface and coat with chocolate shavings
