Lighter-Than-Air Chocolate Roll Recipe

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Lighter-Than-Air Chocolate Roll
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
171
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make cake layer: Preheat oven to 350°F. Oil a 15- by 10- by 1-inch shallow baking pan and line bottom lengthwise | with a large piece of wax or parchment paper, letting paper hang over ends by 2 inches.
  2. Melt chocolate with water in a small heavy saucepan over very low heat, stirring. Cool to lukewarm.
  3. Beat yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 5 minutes in a standing mixer or about 8 minutes with a hand-held mixer. Fold in melted chocolate until blended. Beat whites with cleaned beaters until they just hold soft peaks. Gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until whites just hold stiff peaks. Fold one third of whites into melted-chocolate mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
  4. Spread batter evenly in baking pan and bake in middle of oven until puffed and top is dry to the touch, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer pan to a rack. Cover top with 2 layers of damp paper towels and let stand 5 minutes, then remove towels and cool completely. Loosen edges with a sharp knife.
  5. Sift cocoa powder over top of cake layer and overlap 2 layers of wax paper lengthwise over cake. Place a baking sheet over paper and invert cake onto it, gently peeling off wax paper lining. (Don’t worry if cake layer breaks; it will hold together when rolled.)
  6. Make filling: Beat cream with confectioners sugar and Grand Marnier with cleaned beaters until it just holds stiff peaks. Fold in zest.
  7. Fill and roll cake: Spread filling evenly over cake. Put a long platter next to a long side of cake. Using wax paper as an aid, roll up cake jelly roll–style, beginning with a long side. Carefully transfer, seam side down, to platter, using wax paper to help slide cake. (Cake will crack but will still hold together.)
  8. Dust cake generously with cocoa powder and confectioners sugar.
  9. Cooks' notes: ·Cake may be rolled 1 day ahead and chilled in a cake keeper or loosely covered with plastic wrap.
  10. ·You can substitute the following for Grand Marnier and orange zest: 2 tablespoons Cognac and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons cocoa and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; or 2 teaspoons instant-espresso powder or instant-coffee granules dissolved in 2 teaspoons water plus 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
  11. ·This batter can also be baked in an unoiled 91/2-inch springform pan. Bake until cake is set but still moist in center, 35 to 40 minutes (cake will rise and then sink as it cools). Top with Grand Marnier whipped cream.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 170.72 Kcal (715 kJ)
Calories from fat 75.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.37g 13%
Cholesterol 109.11mg 36%
Sodium 97.72mg 4%
Potassium 53.86mg 1%
Total Carbs 21.57g 7%
Sugars 16.53g 66%
Dietary Fiber 0.79g 3%
Protein 4.4g 9%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 31.4mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 256.78 Kcal (1075 kJ)
Calories from fat 113.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.58g 13%
Cholesterol 164.12mg 36%
Sodium 146.99mg 4%
Potassium 81.02mg 1%
Total Carbs 32.44g 7%
Sugars 24.86g 66%
Dietary Fiber 1.19g 3%
Protein 6.62g 9%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Iron 1.3mg 5%
Calcium 47.2mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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