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    Roll: Gingerbread Cake Roll


    Source of Recipe


    www.amethysts-recipes.com

    List of Ingredients




    3 eggs separated
    1 tablespoon butter or margarine melted
    1/2 cup molasses
    1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
    1/4 cup sugar
    1 cup self-rising flour
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
    Confectioners� sugar
    Spiced Cream (below)
    Pecan halves
    Grated orange rind

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 350�F.� Spray a 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan with non-stick vegetable spray. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored; stir in butter and molasses.�

    In a medium bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form; gradually beat in sugar until stiff.� Fold into egg yolk mixture.� Combine flour and spices; fold into egg mixture.� Spread the batter evenly into prepared jelly-roll pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

    Dust a clean kitchen towel with confectioner�s sugar.� Invert the cake onto the towel.� Starting at a narrow edge roll up cake and towel together.� Place, seam-side down, on a wire rack; cool completely.

    Unroll the cake; spread with half of the Spiced Cream.� Reroll cake and place on a serving plate.� Spread the remaining Spiced Cream over the top and sides of the cake.� Gently pull the tines of a fork lengthwise down the cake.� Decorate with pecan halves and orange rind.� Refrigerate until ready to serve.


    SPICED CREAM
    1-1/2 cups heavy cream
    1/3 cup confectioners� sugar
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients; beat until soft peaks form.

 

 

 


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