Honest?? It's a cake roll?

<I wonder how it is that she couldn't describe *that*>


"LIMEYNO1" wrote:
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> * Exported from MasterCook *
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> Helen's Chocolate Cream Roll
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> Recipe By :
> Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
> Categories : Family
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> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> -----MM BY H. PEAGRAM-----
> 6 tb Flour
> 6 tb Cocoa
> 1/2 ts Baking powder
> 1/4 ts Salt
> 4 md Eggs
> 3/4 c Sugar
> 1 t Vanilla
> Icing sugar
> Whipped Cream
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> Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt, THREE times, onto a sheet
> of waxed paper. Beat egg whites til thick and fluffy. Add sugar
> gradually while beating, then add yolks and vanilla. Mixture should
> be thick and lemony. Sift dry mixture over egg mix and fold in
> gently. Pepare an edged cookie pan by greasing and lining with waxed
> paper. Pour batter onto pan and spread evenly. Bake at 400 F for
> 12-15 minutes. When baked, remove from pan and roll in a damp tea
> towel on which you have sprinkled some icing sugar. When cool,
> unroll, trim off any crusty edges. Spread whipped cream on cake and
> roll up. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream on the side.
>
> Courtesy H. Peagram
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> Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1192 Calories; 24g Fat (15.1%
> calories from fat); 50g Protein; 252g Carbohydrate; 48g Dietary Fiber;
187mg
> Cholesterol; 281mg Sodium. Exchanges: 14 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean Meat;
3
> 1/2 Fat; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
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>
> Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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> "Pennyaline" > wrote in
> message ...
> > I've receive a request to work up a recipe for this item she remembers
> from
> > her childhood, but the person who wants it can't even give me a good
> > description of it. She remembers that her British mother and grandmother
> > made it, that it was (duh) chocolate cake and cream and, oh yeah, it was
> > fabulous.
> >
> > Do any of you have any insight to offer?
> >
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