Lincoln's Birthday Meat Log
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 c Flour
1/4 c Unflavored cocoa powder
1 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
4 Eggs; room temperature
3/4 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla
Whipped cream
1/2 c Flour
1/4 c Unflavored cocoa powder
1 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
4 Eggs; room temperature
3/4 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla
Whipped cream
Mix eggs, sugar and vanilla. Beat at high speed until thick and light; approximately 10 minutes. Fold in dry ingredients. Bake in a 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan lined with wax paper and greased at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and loosen sides of pan. Turn out onto clean towel sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.
Peel off wax paper -
trim edges and cool 5 minutes. Roll up cake in towel for at least 1 hour. Unroll and spread with whipped cream. Roll up again. Place on serving dish. Frost with chocolate frosting. Run tines of fork length of log for bark effect. Cut in crosswise slices.
Peel off wax paper -
trim edges and cool 5 minutes. Roll up cake in towel for at least 1 hour. Unroll and spread with whipped cream. Roll up again. Place on serving dish. Frost with chocolate frosting. Run tines of fork length of log for bark effect. Cut in crosswise slices.