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A Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake Roll made by rolling a chocolate sponge cake around peppermint ice cream then drenching it with a rich chocolate glaze, and finishing with a sprinkle of crushed peppermint candy.
This month’s theme for Progressive Eats, our virtual progressive dinner, is Great Holiday Desserts hosted by Jenni Field, Pastry Chef Online. I love eating ice cream year round, but I especially love peppermint ice cream this time of year. So I decided to change up my Chocolate Ice Cream Cake Roll to create a great holiday dessert.
The ice cream I used was Dryers’ Peppermint Wonderland Ice cream. It has a mild peppermint flavor and I used Guittard milk chocolate wafers in the glaze. You could use chocolate chips in a pinch, but for the holidays you may want to splurge and use better chocolate.
After you’ve filled and rolled the cake, you let the cake roll set up overnight in the freezer. Then the next day you pour the glaze over the cake.
Be sure and put the cake back in to the freezer after you’ve glazed the cake. The glaze doesn’t freeze solid, but it does set up enough to make cutting the roll easier.
Use a serrated knife to cut the cake. Rinsing the knife off under hot water and drying it between cuts will make slicing the cake easier.
When I posted my Chocolate Ice Cream Cake Roll, I included a step by step photo collage of making the cake. Be sure and check it out before you start making the cake. It will make the process seem much easier.
I invited my daughter, son-in-law and grandson over to enjoy this cake with us. My sweet grandson came over and told how much he liked the ice cream cake roll. Which of course, melted grandma’s heart.
This is a great dessert for the holidays because you can prepare it ahead of time and just pull it out of the freezer when you’re ready to serve it.
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Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake Roll
Ingredients
- ½ cup all purpose flour minus 1 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 5 large eggs at room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar divided
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 container Peppermint Ice cream*
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 6 ounces semisweet or milk chocolate chopped
- ¼ cup corn syrup
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Crushed candy cane for decoration
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375º. Spray a 15 ½ x 10 ½ x 1-inch jelly-roll pan with cooking spray, line with parchment or wax paper and spray paper with additional spray.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Separate egg whites and yolks into 2 large mixing bowls.
- Beat egg whites on medium-high speed until foamy. Gradually beat in ½ cup sugar. Continue to beat on high speed just until stiff peaks form. (I used my KitchenAid to beat the whites and my hand mixer to beat the yolks.)
- Beat yolks with the remaining ¼-cup sugar and vanilla extract until thickened, about 3 minutes. On low speed, beat in flour mixture until blended. Stir in ¼ of beaten egg whites into mixture. Fold in remaining whites. Spread in prepared pan; smooth top.
- Bake 12 – 14 minutes or until top springs back when gently pressed. Let cool 2 minutes on a wire rack.
- Dust a clean towel with confectioners’ sugar; loosen edges of the cake from the pan and invert cake onto towel. Remove pan; carefully peel off parchment. Starting from the short end, roll up cake in the towel; place seam side down on wire rack; cool completely.
- Filling
- While cake is cooling put ice cream on the counter to soften. When ice cream is softened, unroll cooled cake and spread evenly with ice cream. Roll up cake. Wrap tightly in parchment, then in foil and freeze, seam side down, overnight until firm.
- Glaze
- In a small saucepan, heat cream, chocolate, and corn syrup over low heat until chocolate is melted and glaze is shiny and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla; cool to room temperature.
- Unwrap cake; trim ends. Place cake on a wire rack over a tray or parchment paper. Pour glaze along top of cake roll, spreading with a spatula to cover sides. Sprinkle top of cake roll with crushed candy cane.
- Freeze cake uncovered until glaze is firm about an hour.
Notes
There are more tips on my Chocolate Cake Ice Cream Roll post. I also have a fun Malted Milk Ball Ice Cream Cake Roll for Easter.
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Making a swiss roll cake has been on my list for so long but now I’m changing it to an icecream version!
Jamie
Beautiful! I’ve actually been thinking of making a cake roll recently because I think they are so pretty and fun and easy to serve and eat. I love the idea of filling it with ice cream! And that glaze is gorgeous! Chocolate-peppermint is so festive and really a wonderful Christmas treat!
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom
Barbara,
Love this chocolate peppermint ice cream roll cake!! I’ve never made one before so will definitely check out the Chocolate Ice Cream Cake Roll for the step by step photos!!
My Inner Chick
Barbara,
this def. reminds me of the holidays.
as a kid, we had one or two every yr.!!!! xx Happy Thanksgiving.
Jessica @ Sweet Menu
Barbara! This is amazing! Its the most PERFECT cake roll ever!
Carol
Oooo-yes please-and thank you! Gosh I haven’t made a jelly roll-type cake in years….’bout time I changed that. Yours looks amazing, Barbara….I love chocolate and peppermint.
Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books
Oh my! This looks delicious! Pinning to my Dessert board.
Shari Kelley
Such a beautiful and delicious dessert! What a creative idea to use ice cream for the filling. Definitely pinning this!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
A great combination of flavours, Barbara. It also looks very beautiful and festive.
Megan
Chocolate and peppermint is such a great combination! I love the look of cake rolls like this but I’ve never made one. Maybe this is the year!
Shannon @ Bake. Frost. Repeat.
This is so gorgeous. The light pink from the ice cream looks so pretty with the chocolate. I’ve never made a cake roll before but I’m dying to try this, especially with the ice cream.!
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
This looks so good! I was just thinking that it’s been way too long since I’ve made a roll cake. Peppermint ice cream is my favorite. 🙂
Ansh
Love the combination of flavors and what an incredible cake. It has something for everyone . It will be a hit during holidays.
Kitchen Belleicious
it is the perfect addition to any holiday dinner! i love chocolate and peppermint together. It is a match made in heaven. Looks like Christmas too:)
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh
This is what Christmas is all about, chocolate and peppermint, swirled together! With me living in the south, the ice cream makes the perfect dessert for Christmas!
Jeanette | Jeanette's Healthy Living
Love the idea of an ice cream roll for the holidays – and the combination of chocolate + peppermint is irresistible!
Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen
Amazing! I would totally love this dessert. I have never made a cake roll and my Mom was just trying to convince me that I could. I think this is the inspiration I needed!
Jenni
How beautiful, Barbara! I do love peppermint ice cream during the holidays–what a perfect dessert to share! I would have been *very* surprised if your grandson didn’t love it! xo
Liz
Oh, wow!! This is one gorgeous cake roll…and one that my family would go nuts for!!! Love your grandson’s response…so sweet.
Rosa
A fabulous roll! So festive and colorful.
Cheers,
Rosa