The Heart Surprise Roll Cake Recipe is a perfect dessert for celebrating Valentine’s Day. A delicious cocoa sponge cake enriched with pistachio crumbs, filled with cream and a soft red heart. The preparation of the surprise roll is not difficult, but it requires precision and patience. Otherwise, when cutting, you won’t get the heart effect on every slice. To make this dessert, you need to prepare two different sponge cake batters. I, too, did not achieve the desired effect the first time, so I had to make it again. I’m sure you can also create this beautiful dessert for the people you love.

Now let’s find out the ingredients for the Valentine’s Day Roll Cake Recipe

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Difficulty: Medium
Cost: Inexpensive
Rest time: 6 Hours
Preparation time: 1 Hour
Portions: 8/10
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Winter

255.30 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 255.30 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 26.00 (g) of which sugars 14.58 (g)
Proteins 6.35 (g)
Fat 14.78 (g) of which saturated 1.45 (g)of which unsaturated 3.31 (g)
Fibers 2.18 (g)
Sodium 38.12 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 60 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients for Heart Surprise Roll Cake

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon wildflower honey
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2/3 cup Sugar
3 tbsp skim milk (or whole milk)
to taste sugar (for sponge cake)
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup pistachio crumbs
4 Eggs
2/3 cup flour
1/3 cup Sugar
1 packet vanillin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
to taste red food coloring (powder or gel)
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
to taste powdered vanilla sugar

Tools

1 Electric whisk
Cutter heart-shaped
Mixing bowl
Plastic wrap
Wooden spoon

Preparation of Heart Surprise Roll Cake

To prepare the cocoa sponge cake Here is the recipe
To prepare the red sponge cake Here is the recipe
After preparing the cocoa sponge cake batter, add the pistachio crumbs, mix well, and bake. Once ready, remove from the oven and roll it up, let it cool.
In the meantime, start preparing the colored sponge cake; add the red coloring to the batter, adjust the shade as desired. This step should be done when the flour is added.
Once the red sponge cake is ready, remove it from the oven and let it cool, then use a heart-shaped cutter to cut out the red hearts. Once the bases are ready, whip the cream with powdered sugar and vanilla extract, it should be very firm.
Now we can start assembling the roll cake with heart: unroll the cocoa sponge cake and spread the cream on top, leveling it well. Take the red hearts and place them next to each other, forming a log. If there is any difficulty in keeping them in place, brush a thin layer of honey between each heart.
Always prefer powdered colors, they are perfect for dosing and you will get the shade of color you prefer, find them here.
Place the heart log in the middle of the roll and gently roll the sponge cake back onto itself. Be careful how you position the hearts and how you roll the sponge cake, otherwise you won’t have the heart effect on every slice.
Seal the roll with plastic wrap, closing well at the sides, otherwise the sponge cake could dry out.
Once ready, let it rest in the fridge before cutting, a minimum of 5/6 hours, but preferably overnight. Finally, before serving, decorate with powdered sugar and some small hearts.
Enjoy your treat and Happy Valentine’s Day! 🙂
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