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Cream Filled Chocolate Cake Roll

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Servings: 10
 
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What a pretty and oh so delicious dessert to make for your holiday dinner. Your guests, especially the ones who are chocolate lover's, will love this special cake roll.

Ingredients:
For The Cake:
1/3 cup cake flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup granulated sugar, divided
Confectioners' sugar

For The Filling:
1 container (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Instructions:
To Make The Cake:
Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Grease and flour lined pan; tap out excess.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer set on a medium speed, beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy.

In a small bowl, using clean beaters, beat egg whites on high until foamy. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating until stiff, but not dry, peaks form.

Fold 1/3 beaten egg whites into egg yolk mixture. Alternately fold in remaining whites and flour mixture. Pour batter in pan; smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 15 minutes.

To Roll And Fill The Cake:
Dust a clean tea towel with remaining sugar. Turn cake out onto prepared towel; remove waxed paper. Trim the cake's edges.

Starting with a long side, tightly roll up cake with towel. Transfer
cake, seam-side down, to a wire rack to cool.

Unroll cake; remove towel. Spread whipped topping over cake to within 1/2 inch of edges. Re-roll cake; place seam-side down on a plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Variation:
Mix some mini chocolate morsels into the filling before spreading on the cake for a chocolaty surprise.

Makes 10 servings.

Source: DianasDesserts.com
Date: October 4, 2002

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Reviewer: Lucy
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Question - Can I freeze this cake?

 
Reviewer: Mumin
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Absolutely delicious and wonderful to make. I first saw it and knew that everyone would just love it.

 
Reviewer: Anna Stewart
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I love this cake and make it every year for my family, I lost the recipe and was soooo happy when I found this site!!!!

 
Reviewer: Lady Di
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This is excellent. I made it because I needed something quick for New Year's Dinner and my husband loved it.

 
Reviewer: mahsa farhadi
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Reviewer: Maria
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AMAZING!

 
Reviewer: Timothy Comeau
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Reviewer: Danni
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I love making, smelling and eating this. It is so much fun!

 
Reviewer: MeeM
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Reviewer: Jiao Li
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Reviewer: lee
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Reviewer: Schev
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Finally found a great chocolate cake roll recipe. This is great to make & freeze for a later date.I used a cream cheese type filling. Love your site. Great recipes.

 
Reviewer: Wendie
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My grandkids just LOVE this cake. I let them fill and decorate. Very tasty too.

 
Reviewer: irene
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It's the best cake I've ever eaten!

 
Reviewer: Sharon Piper
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I made this and it breaks and is very DRY. I salvaged 1 and the rest is in the garbage. I have been making cake rolls for years but very very dissapointed in this recipe!!!!

 
Reviewer: Riki CoolJ
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Is there any way that I can make this without the whipped topping?

 
Reviewer: dorothy davis
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I have made this easy cake roll, but fill it with softened ice cream and then I freeze it until right before I serve it. My family loved it!

 
Reviewer: sandra parker
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I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY MAKING A CAKE ROLL BUT SOME SAY IT WAS HARD. I FOLLOWED THE RECIPE AND THE CAKE WAS MOIST AND SO GOOD. I DID MAKE A CHANGE IN FILLING IT WITH A MIXTURE OF ICE CREAM AND COOL WHIP AND STORED IT IN THE FREEZER. I USED A SOFT COTTON PILLOW CASE TO ROLL THE CAKE UP IN, WORKED PERFECT, NO CRACKS. NEXT I WILL MAKE THE PUMPKIN CAKE ROLL. LOVE THIS RECIPE.

 
Reviewer: Debi
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Hi CJ, the recipe says to fold the egg white mixture INTO the yolk mixture alternately with flour mixture. Everything goes into the yolk mixture. Hope this helps! Happy baking...it's a great recipe!

 
Reviewer: s.a
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How long does it take to make this?

 
Reviewer: CJ
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Question, for those who have made this. When do you fold in the mixture of the 1/3 egg whites and beaten yolks? After it instructs you to beat the 1/3 portion into the yolk, sugar mixture it says to add remaining beaten whites to flour mixture...then pour into pan. Please advise.

 
Reviewer: sv
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Great recipe! Made it last night and the whole family loves it. Definitely going to be making this regularly.

 
Reviewer: Unavailable
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Overall this cake was delicious! I made a chocolate whip cream filling, and added a unsweetened cocoa powder with semi-sweet chocolate morsels on top that made the cake even more chocolaty. Although the cake itself not as tasty as thought(it had an eggy/meringue? taste), when eaten with the cream filling, it becomes the moist and chocolaty cake that was expected.

 
Reviewer: Ben Fo'Sho
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This should be renamed to "Giant Chocolate Sushi Roll Log Cake." Just sayin...

 
Reviewer: love
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Love it!

 
Reviewer: brenda
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I love this cake, its the best !!!

 
Reviewer: marland countryman
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My husband loves this cake roll.

 
Reviewer: Amy
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Been making jelly roll cake for years, but have lost the family recipe. Thought I would try this one. This cake seemed to be lacking in chocolate flavor. Also, cake was very crumbly. Wont be making again.

 
Reviewer: Jocelyn
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I did not find this crumbly at all...as with any thin roll cake, you need to keep an eye on it & take it out of the oven the minute it starts to seem done. We all loved the texture- it was velvet-y and smooth, very light & melted in our mouths! I did however make a cream cheese frosting filling and added dark & white chocolate chips to the frosting filling. I think the seperately whipped egg whites really make a greatly noticable difference, insofar as making the cake light and fluffy! I do this when making pancakes also. Great recipe, thank you for sharing! I will be making this for Christmas Eve!

 

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