Chocolate Swiss roll
Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
½ tsp baking powder
3 – 4 tsp cocoa powder
½ litre vanilla ice cream
3 tbsp castor sugar
½ cup grated chocolate for decoration
1 cup cherries (fresh or canned)
200 ml cream
Method:
- Sieve flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together.
- Beat eggs and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Add flour and mix well.
- Spread the mixture in a greased Swiss roll tray.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees.
- Cool and divide the cake into three equal parts.
- Spread half of the ice cream and cherries on one slice of the cake and cover it with the other slice.
- Repeat the same procedure on the second slice and put the last slice on the top.
- Whip cream with a little sugar and when stiff, cover the whole cake with it.
- Decorate it with the grated chocolates.
- Chill and serve cold.
