Dione's Chocolate Roll S ource: Maida Heatter's Cakes (Andrews & McMeel Publishing, 2011 ed.) , pg. 76. I had almost decided not to post this recipe because I had some major problems with it. However, it does taste wonderful! That said, I have made a lot of rolled cakes and this method is not one I would recommend. The directions say to bake the cake and remove it and cover with a damp cloth for 20 minutes to retain the moisture in the cake. This is where the problems began. The cake was soft to begin in and after I followed the directions as written, the cake was very mushy. The second blunder comes when the instructions say to dust it with cocoa powder and then invert it. Fortunately, I had the foresight to take this outside to the deck before attempting this. If you do this the way it is written, you and your kitchen will be covered with cocoa powder! I forged ahead, thinking that the cake was not entirely done (I think it was just moist from the disastrous wet t...
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