My mom used to make jelly rolls for her parents at their request. My grandmother was a fantastic cook, so I think it says a lot about my mom’s ability to make jelly rolls.
It is always a yummy treat.
Recipe: Mom’s Jelly Roll
Ingredients
- 5 eggs—separated
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- ¾ c. granulated sugar
- ¾ c. sifted cake flour
- ½ tsp. double action baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- Confectioner sugar
- Tart jelly
- Sweetened whipped cream, optional
Instructions
- Separate eggs and yolks.
- Combine yolks and extract in large bowl; beat well.
- Gradually beat sugar into yolks until light and fluffy.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add to egg yolks.
- Beat whites stiff but not dry; fold gently into egg mixture.
- Spread batter into 10X15 jelly roll pan greased,lined with wax paper and greased again.
- Bake in moderate oven of 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until done.
- Invert over linen towel dusted with confectioner sugar.
- Remove wax paper.
- Roll narrow edge of cake by lifting a pushing gently with towel.
- Wrap cloth tightly around roll; cool on rack for about 10 minutes with open edge of cake turned down.
- Unroll cake spread with jelly, re-roll, and dust with confectioner sugar.
Quick Notes
Use enough sugar on towel to cover it well before turning roll out of jelly roll pan.
Place roll on cooling rack rather quickly or browned part may stick to towel.
Variations
I prefer to use a lot of seedless black raspberry jelly or seedless blackberry jelly.
Amount and type of jelly depends on personal preferences.
Paula! I have always wanted to make jellyrolls, but was confused on how you get them into the roll without breaking the cake or having them stick to your cooking rack … thanks for this tutorial and the hints! Now, as to fillings. Have you ever tried putting a mousse filling in your roll? I am thinking of a fun way to do a pumpkin mousse for Thanksgiving this year … what do you think?
I have not put mousse filling in this roll. I have put it in a chocolate roll that I sometimes make near Christmas. It works well. This is basically a sponge cake, so I think it should work as long as you let it cool completely before putting in the mousse to avoid any melting.
Have you thought about putting pumpkin mousse in a pumpkin roll? I have a very good recipe that normally takes a cream cheese filling, but a pumpkin mousse sound really good. Hmm.. I should make a pumpkin roll…..
Pumpkin roll, huh? This is sounding more and more fun …!
You are hard core with your photos!! I miss your mom!!!
terrific instructions and photos, thanks so much for taking the time to post this!
sponge is the perfect cake for jelly rolls!
i want to try this with nutella….
or chocolate sponge with whipped cream….
i never really realized before how many eggs jelly roll cakes call for. thats probably why they taste so good.
You are probably right, lol.