Chocolate Roll With Cappuccino Cream Recipes

CHOCOLATE ROLL I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line one 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease and flour lightly.
• Separate the eggs. Beat the whites with the cream of tartar until stiff. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Sift the remaining sugar, cocoa, and flour together. Beat the egg yolks until thick and fold the flour mixture into them. Stir in vanilla. (The egg yolk mixture will be very stiff). Carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites. Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Let cake cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto a towel sprinkled with confectioner's sugar, peel off parchment paper and roll cake up with the towel. Let cake cool completely. Unroll cake and spread with the whipped cream. Roll again. Serve with Foamy Butter Sauce or Fudge Sauce. For variation, you can add 2 tablespoons of rum or your favorite liqueur to the whipped cream. Serves 8.

CHOCOLATE ROLL II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and pale yellow. Fold in flour mixture. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat 4 egg whites until foamy. Gradually add white sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. beat in vanilla. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly tapped. Turn cake out onto a towel dusted with confectioners' sugar, and roll up until cool.
• To Make Frosting: In a small saucepan, stir together brown sugar and water. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar spins a thread when dropped from a spoon. In a large bowl, beat together remaining 2 egg whites until foamy. Slowly pour brown sugar liquid into egg whites while beating. Beat until frosting forms stiff peaks. Unroll cake and apply frosting in an even layer. Roll cake back up and refrigerate.

CHOCOLATE CREAM ROLL

Steps:

• Grease 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan, then line with waxed paper, extending paper at short ends.
• Grease paper; set aside.
• Stir together cocoa and flour until well blended; set aside.
• In large bowl of mixer beat eggs at high speed until very light, about 5 minutes.
• Gradually beat in confectioners sugar and beat until very fluffy and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.
• Fold cocoa mixture and vanilla into egg mixture until well blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes.
• Loosen edges of cake with thin-bladed spatula.
• Sprinkle clean dish towel generously with granulated sugar and invert cake onto towel.
• Peel off paper.
• Starting at short end, roll up cake and towel as for jelly roll.
• Cool on rack.
• Unroll.
• Spread cake with cream filling.
• Reroll without towel.
• Place on platter and frost with Thin Chocolate Glaze.
• Chill several hours or overnight.
• Garnish with dollops of whipped cream or pistachios.
• CREAM FILLING: Beat 1 cup whipping cream and a few tbsp of granulated or confectioners sugar until soft peaks form, adding about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp vanilla extract if you like.
• THIN CHOCOLATE GLAZE: Melt 5 squares (5 oz) semisweet chocolate in pan, stir in 1/3 cup hot water.
• Spread thinly over roll.