Difficulty: Complicated
Freezes Well
Serves 10-12
Ingredients:
Cake
- 6 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
Filling
- 1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 4 teaspoons instant coffee
- 1 tablespoon hot water
Icing
- 2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 3-1/2 tablespoons hot water
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Grease jelly roll pan and line with waxed paper.
- Grease and flour paper.
- Beat 6 egg whites in large bowl until stiff but not dry.
- Beat 6 egg yolks in small bowl until thick; gradually add sugar and beat until well blended.
- Combine flour and cocoa; fold into beaten egg yolks.
- Fold egg yolk mixture gently into beaten egg whites.
- Pour into pan; bake 12 minutes.
- Immediately turn cake out onto damp towel and peel off waxed paper.
- Immediately roll cake and towel, starting at short end. Cool cake.
- Work margarine until creamy; gradually blend in confectioners’ sugar until mixture is very smooth.
- Add 2 egg yolks and blend thoroughly.
- Dissolve coffee powder in hot water. Add to cream mixture and beat until it is of good spreading consistency.
- Unroll cake and spread with filling to within 1/2″ of edges.
- Reroll cake, starting at short end.
- Place cake on serving plate or, if freezing, on a large piece of heavy
aluminum foil. - Place 2 squares of chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water and stir until melted. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Alternately add sifted sugar and hot water, beating well after each addition.
- Add 3 egg yolks and beat until blended.
- Add margarine and vanilla and beat with a rotary beater until smooth and creamy. If icing is too soft, place pan of icing over bowl of ice water and stir until it is of proper consistency.
- Frost top and sides of cake roll. With fork, make lines in icing to resemble bark; outline circle on end of log.
- Chill 1 day before serving or, if freezing, place unwrapped on a piece of heavy aluminum foil in freezer.
- When frozen, wrap in foil and return to freezer.
- Remove from freezer 1 day before serving.
- Unwrap and place while still frozen on serving plate; thaw overnight in refrigerator.
- Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
- Cut into 3/4″ slices to serve.