Chocolate Chestnut Roll Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT ROLL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease a 15 x 10" jelly roll pan; line bottom with waxed paper and grease paper.
• Sift first three ingredients together.
• Beat yolks until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating until very thick.
• Add vanilla to egg mixture; add vanilla and stir in water.
• Fold in flour mixture.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and gently fold into batter.
• Spread evenly in prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
• Dust cake with confectioners' sugar; cover with a towel and invert.
• Remove pan and paper.
• Trim 1/4" from sides and roll up cake and towel from short side.
• Place seam-side down on a rack; cool.
• Unroll cake; spread chestnut filling over the cake and re-roll.
• Frost with cocoa cream; decorate with dark cocoa cream.
• To make the chestnut filling: Beat chestnut puree until smooth and spreadable.
• Beat cream, sugar and rum together until stiff; fold into puree.
• To make the cocoa cream: Beat the ingredients together until stiff.
• To make the dark cocoa cream: Beat the ingredients together until stiff.

CHOCOLATE CRESCENT ROLL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• In small bowl, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon.
• Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until crumbly; set aside.
• Unroll crescent dough; firmly press perforations to seal.
• Sprinkle with 2/3 cup chocolate chips, nuts and 3/4 of the streusel mixture.
• Starting at long side, roll up the dough; pinch edge to seal.
• Place in greased pan; I use a regular-sized loaf pan.
• Brush with melted butter; sprinkle with remaining streusel.
• Bake at 375°F for 30 to 40 minutes or until deep golden brown.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• While cooling, melt remaining 1/3 cup chocolate chips, and spread or drizzle on top of crescent roll.
• Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl set over boiling water until chocolate is nearly completely melted, then remove from heat and whisk mixture until smooth.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks with half the sugar (1/4 cup/50 grams) and the salt until pale and thick. Stir in the warm chocolate and set aside.
• Put egg whites in a clean bowl with cream of tartar and beat until fluffy, then add remaining 1/4 cup/50 grams sugar and beat until whites are stiff but not dry.
• Stir chestnut flour and chopped chestnuts into the chocolate batter, then fold in 1/4 of the whites to lighten mixture. Fold in remaining whites and scrape batter into an unbuttered 8-inch springform pan, smoothing top if necessary.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out almost clean. Cool on a rack. It may sink and crack a bit on top - this is fine. Run a knife around the edge of cake to free sides and remove form. Transfer to a serving platter. (Cake may be stored, covered, at room temperature for up to 3 days.)
• To serve, whip cream with 2 tablespoons sugar to a very soft consistency. Spoon over top of cake and quickly spread with a spatula. Sprinkle with chocolate curls or cocoa powder.

CHOCOLATE ROLL I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line one 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease and flour lightly.
• Separate the eggs. Beat the whites with the cream of tartar until stiff. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Sift the remaining sugar, cocoa, and flour together. Beat the egg yolks until thick and fold the flour mixture into them. Stir in vanilla. (The egg yolk mixture will be very stiff). Carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites. Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Let cake cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto a towel sprinkled with confectioner's sugar, peel off parchment paper and roll cake up with the towel. Let cake cool completely. Unroll cake and spread with the whipped cream. Roll again. Serve with Foamy Butter Sauce or Fudge Sauce. For variation, you can add 2 tablespoons of rum or your favorite liqueur to the whipped cream. Serves 8.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT ROLLS

Steps:

• Put bread flour, milk, white sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, egg, yeast, and salt in a bread machine; set to "dough" cycle and press Start.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and 9x12-inch baking dish and line with parchment paper.
• Transfer dough to a floured work surface and punch dough. Roll dough into a large rectangle. Spread 2 tablespoons softened butter over dough and top with chocolate-hazelnut spread. Sprinkle hazelnuts over chocolate layer. Roll dough around the filling into a log shape; cut into 12 even portions. Arrange rolls in the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are cooked through, about 25 minutes.