Recipe#4049

Title: Chocolate Roll

From: mikelav@microsoft.com (Mike Laverty) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chocolate Cake Roll 
 Date: 18 Oct 1994 07:07:54 -0400 
 Message-ID: <380aaa$5d4@junior.wariat.org> 

4 eggs
 3/4 cup sugar
 1 tsp. vanilla
 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted
 2 tbsp. sugar
 1/4 tsp. baking soda
 3 tbsp. cold water
 1/2 cup flour
 1/2 tsp. salt
 Confectioners' sugar
 1 cup heavy cream
 Confectioners' sugar
 Line 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan with wax paper.  Set aside.  Beat eggs
 and 3/4 cup sugar at high speed until very thick (5 minutes).  Add
 vanilla; set aside.  To melted chocolate, thoroughly mix 2 tablespoons
 sugar, baking soda and water.  Fold into egg mixture.  Sift flour,
 baking powder and salt. Gently fold into batter, turn into jelly
 roll pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.  Lightly
 sift  confectioners' sugar onto linen like towel.  When cake is
 done, immediately invert onto towel and peel off paper. Let cool
 about an hour.
 Whip the cream; adding confectioners' sugar to your taste. Spread
 over cake and roll up very gently, rolling towel in it. Lightly
 sift more confectioners' sugar over cake roll.