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Drunken Cherry Cake Roll Recipe
This Drunken Cherry Cake Roll is as luscious as it gets. This ultra-rich, sponge cake roll is the perfect dessert to make for your New Year’s party. It is a traditional Russian cake, made with vodka-soaked cherries, cream and rich chocolate.
Prep Time
50 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 14 Servings
Calories: 524 kcal
Course:
Cake
Cuisine:
Russian , Ukrainian
Ingredients
Drunken Cherries
- 2 cup vodka
- 48 oz pitted cherries in juice Morello cherries or Sour cherries
Sponge Cake
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 8 eggs
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
Cake Cream
- 2 cup cold heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup powder sugar
- 8 oz chocolate chips
- 1 cup whipping cream
Instructions
Drunken Cherries
- Drain the cherry juice from cherries. Place the cherries in a container and cover with vodka, leave soaking overnight. Keep juice from the cherries for later.
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Sponge Cake
- Preheat over to 350 °F. In a bowl, combine flour and cacao together.
- Whisk eggs together with sugar until it doubles in volume.
- By thirds, using spatula, fold flour into the egg mixture. Be careful not to over-mix the dough. Take 3/4 of the dough and spread it on a lined baking sheet, 10x15 inches. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Bake the remainder of the dough any way you want, we'll use it later.
- Remove the cake from the oven, place a kitchen towel over the cake. Roll up the shorter side (horizontally), making it into a long roll. Let it cool down to a room temperature. Remove towel and parchment paper.
Cake Cream
- Whip powdered sugar together with 2 cups of heavy whip cream. Make sure that the bowl you're using and the whip cream is very cold, as it will make the cream firm.
- The small piece of the cake that you've baked separately, break into crumbs. Drain vodka out of cherries and add it to the cake crumbs.
- Add in a few large spoonfuls of cream to the mixture and stir to combine together.
- Soak the cake with cherry juice. Apply a bit of cream on it.
- Spread the cherry and cake mixture on the inside of the cake roll, keeping it in a thick layer, covering just 2/3 of the cake. Carefully roll up the other side, it may crack a bit, but it's totally fine.
- Apply the remaining cream to the outside of the cake. Combine chocolate chips together with 1 cup of whipping cream. Microwave until all chocolate is melted, just be sure to stir every few seconds. Let chocolate cool to a room temperature.
- Place chocolate into a ziplock bag, cut a hole in the corner and drizzle the roll with the chocolate.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition Information
Calories
524kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
50g
(17%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
15g
(75%)
Cholesterol
166mg
(55%)
Sodium
68mg
(3%)
Potassium
132mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
37g
(74%)
Vitamin A
920IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
0.4mg
(0%)
Calcium
72mg
(7%)
Iron
1.6mg
(9%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 14Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 524
% Daily Value*
Calories | 524kcal | 26% |
Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
Protein | 7g | 14% |
Fat | 26g | 40% |
Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
Cholesterol | 166mg | 55% |
Sodium | 68mg | 3% |
Potassium | 132mg | 3% |
Fiber | 2g | 8% |
Sugar | 37g | 74% |
Vitamin A | 920IU | 18% |
Vitamin C | 0.4mg | 0% |
Calcium | 72mg | 7% |
Iron | 1.6mg | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.