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Chocolate-Peppermint Roll Cake

Makes 1 (14-inch) cake roll

Ingredients
  

  • 3 large eggs (150 grams)
  • cup (133 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (63 grams) all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup (21 grams) Dutch process cocoa powder, sifted, plus more for dusting
  • ½ teaspoon (2.5 grams) baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Peppermint Cream Filling (recipe follows)
  • cup (52 grams) finely chopped peppermint bark*
  • Garnish: peppermint bark shards

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a 14½x9½-inch rimmed baking sheet with baking spray with flour. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper; spray parchment.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat eggs at medium-high speed until foamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is thick, pale yellow, and doubled in size, about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Using a balloon whisk, gently fold flour mixture into egg mixture. Spread batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake until cake springs back when lightly pressed in center, 9 to 11 minutes. (Do not overbake.)
  • Meanwhile, sift cocoa into a 15x10-inch rectangle onto a clean kitchen towel.
  • Immediately run a thin knife or a small offset spatula around edges of cake to loosen. Invert cake onto cocoa on towel; gently peel off parchment. Sift cocoa onto cake. Starting at one short side, gently roll up cake and towel together, and place, seam side down, on a wire rack. Let cool completely.
  • Carefully unroll cooled cake. Transfer 1 cup (170 grams) Peppermint Cream Filling to a pastry bag fitted with a large petal piping tip (Wilton No. 125); spread remaining filling onto cake, leaving a ½-inch border on one short side. Sprinkle chopped bark onto filling. Gently reroll cake and filling without towel. Carefully transfer cake to a baking sheet, and refrigerate until set, about 20 minutes, or until ready to serve.
  • Just before serving, trim edges of cake roll, if desired. Pipe reserved filling on top of cake roll; garnish with peppermint bark, if desired. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Notes

*We used Williams Sonoma Original Peppermint Bark.
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