Okay..........this is such a special dessert for Christmas.........one of my favorites! Your family and friends will rave..........a little involved but not that bad...........try it! It is basically a cake rolled up like a jelly roll with a mocha filling and whip cream frosting!! My mouth is watering!
First you make this cake on a cookie sheet.
Grease your cookie sheet line with wax paper and grease the wax paper
Separate 6 eggs
In your mixer beat the egg white until soft peaks. Sprinkle in 1/4 cup sugar very gradually.
Beat til stiff glossy peaks form....set aside.
In another bowl with your mixer (or if you only have one bowl.......put the egg whites you just finished beating in another bowl..........wipe out your mixer bowl and use for egg yolks)
Beat the 6 egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar til thick and pale yellow......about 2 min.
In low speed add:
2 Tblsp of instant coffee granuels or espresso (I use instant espresso) that you have dissolved in 2 tsp of vanilla
Mix til blended
Now add:
1/2 cup cocoa, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/8 tsp salt (that you mix up with your fingers)
Mix til blended
Now fold in those egg whites that you set aside.......remember folding is NOT stirring but gently folding over and over with a spatula
Spread this batter onto your greased pan
Bake 375 for 12 to 15 min.........watch it.........when it springs back when you poke it in the middle it is ready. Cool for 10 min on a rack.
Sprinkle a clean kitchen towel with cocoa. Now dump the cake upside down on to the towel sprinkled with cocoa.........carefully peel off the wax paper..........
Starting at long side.......gently roll the cake up with the towel inside. Like a jelly roll........place on your cooling rack and cool for about an hour.
When cool..........Beat one cup of whip cream and 1 Tblsp of instant coffee or espresso and 1/4 cup powdered sugar til nice stiff peaks form. Lick the beaters.........this is soooooooo good!
Very gently unroll the cake and spread this cream mixture all over.........gently roll back up....WITHOUT the towel.....might crack but its okay.........Gently transfer this to your serving tray........if you don't have one long enough........you can cut this in to two pieces and put them side by side.........
Now.......beat another cup of whip cream with 2 Tblsp sugar til nice and stiff
Frost the log with long streaks like the outside of a tree.......IF you want this outside to look brown........you can add a tiny more instant coffee.granuals......I like to decorate the top of this with a spring of holly and berries.......keep in frig til ready to serve.....the slices are beautiful!
MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I am so happy that so many of you enjoy my blog........I wish all of my readers would sign up.......I hear from so many of you that haven't signed up........anyway, it doesn't matter........I so enjoy doing it........if you have anything you might like to have a recipe for please email me or FB me.......believe me........I'll fake it.......if I don't have it! LOL
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