Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Bake: 10 mins at 375°F
[post_ads]Ingredients
- 2 large whole eggs
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup sifted cake flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 box (16 oz) confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 plus 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons red, white and green nonpareils
- 4 ounces cream cheese (from an 8 oz pkg), softened
- Decorating sugar, spearmint gumdrop leaves and round cherry candies
Directions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees . Coat a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottom of pan with wax or parchment paper and coat paper with spray.
- In a large bowl, combine whole eggs, egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar. Beat with a hand mixer on medium-high speed 5 minutes, until thickened and a very pale yellow. Beat in 1 tsp of the vanilla.
- Sift cake flour over egg mixture and fold into batter.
- In a clean bowl with clean beaters, whip egg whites with remaining 1 tbsp granulated sugar and the salt until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into egg mixture. Spread into pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, until top springs back when pressed. Sift 1/2 tbsp of the confectioners' sugar over the cake; invert onto a clean kitchen towel (run a thin knife around edge of pan before flipping cake over). Remove pan and paper. Sift 1/2 tbsp of the confectioners' sugar over bottom of cake. Starting from a short side, loosely roll up cake and towel. Cool cake completely on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, make filling. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Set aside 1/3 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Gradually beat remaining sugar into butter. Add 1/3 cup of the heavy cream and beat until desired consistency. On low, beat in 1 tsp of the vanilla and fold in nonpareils.
- Gently unroll cake and spread with filling. Carefully re-roll cake without towel. Transfer to a serving platter, seam side down.
- For frosting, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in reserved 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar. Add remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream and 1/2 tsp vanilla and beat until a fluffy frosting forms, about 5 minutes. Spread frosting on sides and top of cake. Sprinkle cake with decorating sugar and embellish with holly made from spearmint leaves and cherry candies.
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