French Silk Cake Roll

edge of the towel over the short edge of the cake rolling it into a tight roll Let the rolled cake cool for about 23 hours. Yes the towel will be rolled with it but dont remove that until cooled.
How to Assemble the French Silk Cake Roll
After your rolled cake has had time to cool for a few hours carefully unroll it removing the towel. Place the cake on a baking sheet. Spread the French silk topping on the cake leaving a little room around the edges so it doesnt squeeze out when you roll it up again. Gently roll up the cake and cover with plastic wrap. Place that in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. When ready to serve remove plastic wrap and top it off with your homemade whipped cream or cool whip and chocolate shavings.
How to Make French Silk Filling
I opted to use the recipe my grandma shared with me a few years ago. Come to find out its from an old Martha Stewart magazine!
Here are the ingredients
dark chocolate I opted for a high percentage of cacao in my chocolate 65. You can use any dark chocolate you prefer. I dont recommend milk chocolate as the final result was not as rich and flavorful butter I use unsalted butter as I wanted it to be fresh and I also wanted to control the salt in my recipegranulated sugar I have also used ultrafine granulated sugar with success but it is not necessaryvanilla extract good quality is a must!dark cocoa powder I used Hersheys extra dark cocoa but Dutchprocess will also work greateggs I like my eggs at room temperature and use large eggsStart by melting the chocolate. You can use a doublebroiler or the microwave. You want the chocolate to be melted and slightly cooled for this recipe so I always start with this step Add the butter and sugar to your stand mixer and blend on high for about 1 minute using the paddle attachment. The butter and sugar should be light and fluffy With your mixer on low drizzle in the melted chocolate. Allow the ingredients to fully incorporate Add in the vanilla and cocoa powder. Mix until incorporated. Finally add in the eggs. Let mix on low for a moment then turn the mixer to high and mix for 10 minutes. The mixture should turn lighter increase in volume and be very