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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
    Cup of Yum
  1. 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.
Sponge Cake
  1. Preheat over to 350 °F. In a bowl, combine flour and cacao together.
  2. Whisk eggs together with sugar until it doubles in volume.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Add in a few large spoonfuls of cream to the mixture and stir to combine together.
  4. Soak the cake with cherry juice. Apply a bit of cream on it.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Place chocolate into a ziplock bag, cut a hole in the corner and drizzle the roll with the chocolate.
  8. 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.

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