Amish Texas Chocolate Roll Cake
photo by Olive
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- 5 large eggs, seperated
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons hot water
directions
- beat the egg yolks, sugar and 3 tbls hot water.
- Beat the egg whites till stiff -- add all ingredients.
- put in jelly roll pan lined with waxed paper and bake for 20-25 minutes at 350*.
- cool in pan 5 minutes -- then invert onto a towel dusted with powdered sugar -- roll and when cool.unroll and fill with filling of your choice -- .
Reviews
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This is a good chocolate roll. It is very similar to the recipe I use. I only bake mine for 15 minutes. When it is cooled completely, I fill it with a buttercream icing....re-roll it and dust with powdered sugar; then chill it for a couple of hours for easier slicing. An electric knife works great for slicing.
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I just made this today, and it turned out perfect!! I did have to adjust the baking time to about 15 minutes, of course all ovens are different, so i would suggest to others to check with a toothpick at 15 minutes. I left the cocoa out (we just had chocolate cake last week) and I added 2 tsp of vanilla. I filled with a cream cheese/whipped cream filling. Although it was very easy, it is a very impressive looking dessert! I love how it can be changed into so many different combinations according to fillings. Thank you grandma2969, I'm sure this will be a recipe that I will have to share with many friends!
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Pros: rolls easily, stays together, no cracks Cons: For me this turned out to be a bland, spongy, almost chewy cake (I did not overmix the batter). Not very chocolatey, pale (as mentioned by another reviewer, KHeidger), and nearly tasteless. I even went back to ensure I hadn't left out anything in the recipe by mistake. Nope. I was hoping for a rich chocolate roll cake and this is not it. Baked for 15 minutes as mentioned by Olive in another review. Filled with a whipped cream and cream cheese icing, iced with a chocolate version of same, I'm hoping it will be acceptable for my daughter's birthday. I'll probably douse the leftovers in liqueur and cherries and serve to the adults...
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