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| Devoured? Guaranteed! |
This cake is a real
crowd-pleaser, it's quite simple to assemble.
Helpful to know: Plan ahead. This
cake is best made a day in advance. I recommend that you use aluminum-free
baking powder. Kozy Shack Chocolate All Natural Pudding is delicious tasting and as
close to homemade as I’ve found. It's located in the refrigerated section (near
dairy) at most grocery stores nationwide. Another can-you-believe-this discovery
of mine: the top flat-surfaced half of the cardboard carton holding a dozen
eggs is a perfect (tightly perfect!) fit for this rolled up cake. After wrapping
in plastic, place the cake in the improvised tray prior to refrigerating to
better hold the shape of the roll. (This is especially useful if you don’t have
an available flat surface in your refrigerator; slats or grids will make
indentations in the rolled cake.) A dusting of confectioners sugar right before
serving seems like just the right icing for this (former holiday) cake!
Chocolate Pudding Cake
Canola oil for rimmed baking sheet and parchment paper
¾ cup all-purpose flour plus extra for baking sheet
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly oil
a 17½ x 11½-inch rimmed baking sheet and then line the pan with parchment
paper. Lightly coat parchment paper with oil and then lightly dust with flour;
using a flour sifter works great. Set prepared pan aside.
In a medium bowl, combine ¾ cup flour, baking soda, baking
powder, salt, cocoa powder and sugar.
3 eggs, room temperature
⅔ cup chocolate pudding
In a large bowl, beat eggs with
electric mixer, add chocolate pudding and beat until well combined. Add flour
mixture and beat on medium speed until incorporated. Spread batter evenly into
pan (it will seem like there’s not enough batter, but there is!) and bake for
10 minutes.
While cake is baking …
Confectioners sugar for dusting kitchen towel
Generously dust a kitchen cloth
(the cloth should be a little larger than the size of the cake) with
confectioners sugar.
After
cake has baked for 10 minutes …
Immediately remove cake (lifting it
up by the parchment paper) from baking pan and carefully flip cake onto
prepared kitchen towel. Gently pull off parchment paper. Starting at the narrow
end, roll the cake with the towel (the towel will be the "filling" as
well as the "icing".) Don’t worry if the cake breaks as you're
rolling it up, it won’t be noticeable. Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
Rolled Cake Filling
One 8-ounce package light cream cheese, room temperature
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a large bowl, beat cream
cheese with butter until well combined; add confectioners sugar and vanilla,
beat for about 2 minutes on medium speed.
Un-Rolling,
Re-Rolling and Dusting
Confectioners sugar, for dusting
finished cake
Carefully unroll cake, spread
filling evenly over entire cake (while still on towel). Gently re-roll cake
(without towel), place on plastic wrap and completely cover. Refrigerate for
several hours prior to serving.
Several
hours later …
To serve, transfer cake to a
serving platter, dust with confectioners sugar and cut into slices about 1-inch
thick. Yield: 10-12 servings.
