Elegant Chocolate Log
Elegant Chocolate Log, a candies recipe with simple ingredients and a clear step-by-step method. Home cooking from the Soumac recipe library.
Elegant Chocolate Log
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 c Sifted confectioners sugar
- 1/4 c Plus 1 tb sifted flour
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 5 tb Baking cocoa
- 6 Eggs, separated
- 1/4 ts Cream of tartar
- 1 1/4 ts Vanilla
- 1 tb Water
- 1 c Heavy cream
- 2 tb Sugar
- 12 Marshmallows, cut up
- 1 oz Unsweetened chocolate,
- -melted and cooled 2 c Sifted confectioners sugar
- Light cream 1/4 c Chopped pecans
Method
- Sift together 1-1/4 cup confectioners sugar, flour, salt and cocoa 3 times.
- Set aside.
- Beat egg whites with cream of tartar in bowl until stiff peaks form, using electric mixer at high speed.
- Set aside.
- Beat egg yolks in another bowl until thick and lemon colored, using electric mixer at high speed.
- Beat in vanilaa and water.
- Blend in dry ingredients, beating well.
- Fold in beaten egg whites.
- Spread batter in greased and waxed paper lined 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan.
- Bake in 375 oven 15-20 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Meanwhile, lightly dust a clean dish towel with confectioners sugar.
- Loosen cake around edges with spatula and invert cake on towel.
- Lift off pan and carefully peel off paper.
- With a sharp knife, cut off crisp edges.
- Roll up cake gently, from narrow end, by folding edge of cake over and then tucking it in towel.
- Continue rolling cake, using towel as aid.
- Let cake cool in towel on rack.
- Whip heavy cream in bowl until thickened, using electric mixer at high speed.
- Add sugar, beating until soft peaks form.
- Fold in marshmallows.
- Unroll cake.
- Spread with cream mixture.
- Reroll (without towel) Combine cooled chocolate and 2 cups confectioners sugar in bolw.
- Add enough light cream to make a frosting of spreading consistency.
- Spread over cake roll.
- Sprinkle with pecans.
- Refrigerate until serving time.
- Makes 10 servings.
- Origin: Farm Journal’s Choice Chocolate Recipes Shared by: Sharon Stevens.
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