Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Chestnuts Whiskey Log Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 6-8:

• 5 eggs

• 5 oz (140 g) sugar

• 6 tbsp flour

• 2 tbsp potato starch

• 6 tbsp cocoa

• 10 glazed chestnuts in syrup

Chestnut mousse:

• 8 3/4 oz (250 g) chestnut cream

• 2 tbsp whiskey

• 2 sheets of gelatin

• 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) cream 

Whiskey syrup:

• 3 1/2 oz (100 g) sugar

• 2 tbsp whiskey

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.

2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the yolks with 3 1/2 oz (100 g) of sugar until the mixture becomes shiny. Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks, adding the remaining sugar at the last moment. Fold the whites into the yolks with a spatula.

3. Sift together the flour, starch, and 4 tablespoons of cocoa. Incorporate this powdery mixture to the batter.

4. Spread the batter to a 1/4 inch (5 mm) layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 min.

5. Turn the sponge cake out. Set on a cooling rack.

6. Prepare the chestnut mousse and the whiskey syrup (refer recipe).

7. Brush the syrup onto the sponge cake. Spread on a layer of chestnut mousse about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick. Sprinkle with chestnuts, chopped into pieces. Roll up the sponge cake, Cool.

8. Cut of the ends of the log at an angle and use them to decorate the surface of the roll and 10 suggest a l knots on the log. Cover the entire surface of the sponge cake with the remaining chestnut mouse. Score the surface with a fork and dust with the remaining cocoa.