DROMTARTA - SWEDISH CHOCOLATE DREAM CAKE

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A jelly roll w/a delicious filling. The filling is much creamier if made w/an electric mixer. From "Classic Scandinavian Cooking" by Nika Hazelton.

Provided by SusieQusie

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa (preferably Dutch type)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 eggs
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup granulated sugar
confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup cocoa (preferably Dutch type)
3 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons rum or 3 tablespoons cognac

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Cake:.
  • Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • Combine eggs, water and vanilla and beat until thick and lemon-colored. Add granulated sugar gradually (1 tbsp at a time) and beat thoroughly after each addition.
  • Slowly sift flour mixture into egg mixture and fold in carefully, but thoroughly.
  • Grease a 15x10 in jelly-roll pan and line w/waxed paper. Spread batter evenly in pan and bake 30 minutes or till cake tests done. Touch cake lightly w/fingertip. If the dough springs back quickly, the cake is done.
  • Sprinkle a kitchen towel heavily with confectioner's sugar . Turn cake onto kitchen towel and peel off waxed paper. Trim off any crisp edges. Roll warm cake lengthwise in towel into a roll. Cool on rack, seam side down.
  • Filling - Cream butter with egg yolk and cocoa. Beat in sugar gradually, alternating w/rum. Keep at room temp for spreading.
  • Cake Assembly - Unroll cake and spread with filling. Reroll and refrigerate till serving time.

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