Description
Delicious chocolate cake roll from Italian pastry traditions combines rich cocoa flavors with silky cream filling. Elegant dessert delivers smooth textures and delightful sweetness you will savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsps powdered sugar (for filling)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (for filling)
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350F (175C). Prepare a jelly roll pan with parchment paper and light grease coating.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl, whisking thoroughly to eliminate lumps.
- Using an electric mixer, whip eggs and sugar until mixture becomes pale and significantly voluminous. Incorporate vanilla extract.
- Delicately fold dry ingredients into egg mixture, ensuring minimal deflation. Gently integrate milk until smooth and uniform.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan, carefully spreading to create an even layer. Bake for 10-12 minutes until cake springs back when touched.
- Generously dust a clean kitchen towel with powdered sugar. Immediately invert warm cake onto sugared towel, carefully peel off parchment paper.
- While cake is still warm, gently roll cake with towel from short end, allowing it to cool in rolled position to prevent cracking.
- Whip heavy cream with powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff, glossy peaks form.
- Carefully unroll cooled cake, spread cream filling evenly across surface, then re-roll without towel.
- Refrigerate cake roll for at least 1 hour to set filling and enhance flavor. Slice and serve chilled.
Notes
- Ensure the cake is warm when rolling to prevent cracking and create a smooth, flexible texture.
- Use room temperature eggs for better volume and lighter cake structure when beating with sugar.
- Control moisture by not overmixing batter, which can lead to dense and tough chocolate roll.
- Dust towel generously with powdered sugar to prevent cake from sticking during initial rolling process.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 232 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 116 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg