Christmas roll cake with Nutella®
A tree on a table.
Multilayered, perfectly rounded and Nutella® flavored. Your Christmas cake is going to become something special: a traditional roll shaped into a Christmas log. Did you know that the log is a symbol of good luck for some cultures? So, just slice it and share with your family and friends.
INGREDIENTS for 15 portions
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5 eggs
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200g almond flour
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200g powdered sugar
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8 egg whites
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70g granulated sugar
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130g pastry flour
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70g soft butter
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225g Nutella® (for the filling inside and outside)
METHOD
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Sift the flour and melt the butter.
In a large bowl, beat the 5 eggs, the almond flour and the granulated sugar.
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In another bowl, whip the 8 egg whites with the powdered sugar, adding it little by little.
Add the pastry flour and the whipped egg whites to the 1st batter, little at a time and alternatively.
At the end, add the melted butter that has been mixed with a little of the dough.
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Divide the mixture and spread it onto 2 baking trays lined with parchment paper. Bake at 240°C (464°F) for about 6-8 minutes.
Remove each layer from its hot baking tray being careful not to break it.
Cover with plastic film and keep it in the fridge.
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Take each layer of cake and put it on a parchment paper.
Fill a 3 mm round tip pastry bag with Nutella®, make homogeneous circles of Nutella®, then spread.
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Roll the cake.
Cover the external side with Nutella® too.
Let it rest and cut off the 2 edges in order to see the various internal rolls.
Decorate the outside of the roll cake as desired.
