Root cake
Overview
Christmas is coming soon, and the streets and major shopping malls are filled with the spirit of Christmas. Let’s take advantage of the occasion and make a Christmas tree root cake.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Separate egg yolks and egg whites. Add 1/3 of the fine sugar to the egg yolks, add milk and vegetable oil
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Mix well
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Sift in cocoa powder 1 and low-gluten flour
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Stir until smooth
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Beat the egg whites in three batches into a large curved state
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First take one-third of the meringue and add it to the cocoa batter
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Pour into the remaining 2/3 of the meringue and mix evenly
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Pour into the baking pan and tap the pan lightly to pop out any air bubbles
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Place in preheated oven. Heat the middle layer at 180 degrees for 20 minutes (depending on the temperature of your oven)
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Invert the cake base of the baking pan onto the baking mesh, lift off the parchment paper, and cover the cake body to allow heat to dissipate
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200g whipping cream, add 2g powdered sugar and 3g cocoa powder, beat until stiff
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Spread the cocoa butter on top of the cake
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Roll it up and put it in the refrigerator
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Prepare whipping cream and chocolate
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Melt chocolate in warm water
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Boil light cream
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Pour the boiled whipping cream into the melted chocolate
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Made ganache sauce
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Take out the refrigerated cake body
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Cut out two small sections respectively and join them with whipped cream
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Pour on the ganache sauce, smooth it out slightly with a spatula, and scrape it with a fork
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Decorate yourself freely
