Busche De Noel Mocha Roll

By Mcnite

Christmas party cake - Ok so this was a favorite at our Christmas party each year. I would make two rolls and then cut one on an angle and use the cut pieces to put along side the whole log and make it look like a tree branch. So this recipe is for one log, to make two you would double the cake and filling recipe.

Ingredients

• For the Cake:
• ½ cup flour
• 3 Tblspoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 4 egg yolks
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 egg whites
• ½ cup sugar
• Powdered sugar
• For the Mocha filling:
• 1 & 1/2 Cups Heavy or whipping Cream
• 1/2 Cup cocoa
• 1/4 Cup confectioner or powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons coffee Liqueur
• For the Frosting:
• 1/2 Cup butter softened a little
• 2 Cups confectioners sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• brown food coloring

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Set aside.
In small mixer bowl, beat egg yolks 5 minutes until thick and lemon colored. Gradually add ½ cup sugar beating until light. Stir in vanilla.
In large mixer bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form (tips curl) gradually add ½ cup sugar beating until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Fold yolk mixture into whites. Fold flour mixture into egg mixture. Spread in a greased and floured 15 X 10 X 1inch pan. For this I use wax paper. I grease the pan, put in wax paper and push it to stick to the pan then grease and flour on the wax paper. Bake in 375 oven 12 to 13 minutes or until done. Immediately turn out onto a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar or cocoa powder. Remove wax paper. Roll up starting at the narrow end. Cool completely and then unwrap and spread with filling. This is NEVER easy and WILL break and crack, but the filling will help it to hold together. Once the towel is out, spread some filling and begin rolling it back again a little at a time, adding filling as you go until its all rolled up. Once filled and all rolled up refrigerate.

Step 2

While the cake is baking, make the mocha filling and the frosting.
Filling: In a medium bowl beat the 1.5 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup cocoa, 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar and 2 tablespoons Kahlua until like a very think whipped cream. Refrigerate until ready to use to spread inside the roll.

Step 3

While waiting for the cake to cool in a roll, make the frosting. Beat the 1/2 cup of butter until fluffy, add confectioners sugar, milk and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add brown food coloring to make it bark color or try cocoa powder if no food coloring. Cover and leave out to keep workable.

Step 4

As noted above, unroll the cake using the towel to kind of brace it to minimize cracking. It will crank and you will glue it together with the mocha filling and later with the frosting. Spread some mocha filling inside of the opened roll and start rolling that end up. Use a small glass or anything to put behind the rolled up section and keep it rolled while spreading the next bit of mocha filling. Keep filling and rolling until finished and place seam side down on a flat plate and put in fridge an hour or so to set.

Step 5

Take out and spread frosting over the log and use a fork to make lines like bark. Sprinkle some powdered sugar on it like snow.

Step 6

Eat