Jelly Roll
- 1 cup sifted cake flour (sift before measuring)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup softened butter or vegetable shortening (or a mixture)
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup seedless red raspberry or apricot jam
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a jelly roll pan; line with parchment or waxed paper and grease paper.
- Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- Add the butter, 2 eggs, and the vanilla to the dry ingredients and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until fluffy.
- Separate the remaining 2 eggs.
- Place the whites in a small bowl and beat the yolks into the batter.
- With clean beaters, beat the egg whites at high speed until they are stiff; fold beaten whites into the batter just until no white streaks remain.
- Spread batter into the prepared pan and bake until the center springs back when lightly pressed,
- about 15 minutes.
- Sift confectioners' sugar over a linen towel that has been spread out on a work surface; invert cake onto towel.
- Quickly, remove parchment, trim off crisp cake edges, spread cake with jam, and roll up using towel as an aid.
- Tightly roll cake in towel and set aside, open side down, until completely cool, about 30 minutes.
- Transfer to serving plate and slice crosswise.
cake flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, eggs, vanilla, confectioners, red raspberry
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jelly-roll-recipe.html (may not work)