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Mint Chip Cake Roll

A chocolate cake roll filled with mint whipped cream and mini chocolate chips, topped with a milk chocolate ganache. Perfect for the mint chocolate lovers in your life!
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 412kcal
Author: Dorothy Kern

Ingredients

For the Frosting:

  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
  • ¼ cup mini chocolate chips or Andes Creme de Menthe Baking Chips for garnish

For the Cake

  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons brewed coffee or water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup usweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • Powdered sugar to aid in rolling

For the Filling:

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • ½-¾ teaspoons peppermint extract taste after 1/2 teaspoon
  • 6 drops green food coloring
  • cup mini chocolate chips or Andes Creme de Menthe Baking Chips

Instructions

Make the Frosting

  • Place chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over low heat until it just starts to bubble around the edges. Pour cream over chocolate chips, let sit for 30 seconds, then whisk until smooth. Add extracts and stir. Refrigerate until thick, several hours. The frosting is more of a glaze; it will not harden like a true ganache. Once it cools in refrigerator, cover with plastic wrap and stir it occasionally until ready to frost cake. You can make the frosting the day before.

Make the Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a jelly roll (10x15”) pan with foil and spray with cooking spray (I like to use the spray with flour).
  • Beat eggs at high speed for 3 minutes, until frothy and dark yellow. Beat in sugar, coffee, and vanilla extract.
  • Whisk together cocoa, salt, baking powder, and flour. Stir into wet ingredients just until blended.
  • Spread in prepared pan. Batter will be in a very thin layer and you will need to use a wooden spoon or spatula to spread it to all the corners of the pan. Bake for 9-11 minutes (mine took 10).
  • While the cake is baking, set a clean kitchen towel out on a large work surface. Sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar (about 1/4 cup). As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, turn it over on the kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Remove foil carefully.
  • Working at the short end, fold the edge of the towel over the cake. Roll tightly, rolling up the cake into the towel. Let cool completely while rolled, at least one hour.

Make the Filling:

  • Beat heavy cream in an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. (You can also use a hand mixer, but it will take longer.) Slowly add in powdered sugar during beating, one tablespoon at at time. Add 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract. Beat until whipped cream forms. Add up to 1/4 teaspoon more of peppermint extract to taste. Stir in food coloring.

Assemble Cake

  • Once the cake has cooled, unroll it carefully. Spread the filling on the cake, leaving 1” without filling at either end. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips or mint baking chips and re-roll cake. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour before frosting.
  • Place cake roll on a wire rack set over a cookie sheet. Pour chocolate ganache glaze evenly over the cake, making sure it covers the ends and sides of the cake. Transfer to serving plate and top with mini chocolate chips or mint baking chips for garnish. Chill at least one hour before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator, loosely covered.
  • Note: You'll have leftover frosting. Eat it with a spoon, or make it into hot chocolate!
  • Note: The cake should stay chilled until right before serving or the whipped cream filling will get warm and it will be hard to slice.

Notes

If you’ve never made a cake roll before, check out my picture tutorial for making a cake roll and read my must-follow instructions for success.
  • When choosing a towel to roll your cake in, steer clear of towels made of terry cloth or any other especially fibrous material. The fibers may imprint on your cake or even stick to cake and eventually peel it off. Opt for a tea towel instead!
  • Allowing the cake roll to sit out will cause the whipped cream to become warm and lose its shape and consistency. Not only can this affect the shape of the roll, it can also make it much more difficult to slice once it comes time to serve it. Keep your cake chilled before serving for the best results. 
  • If you get the dreaded crack in your cake roll, you can patch it up with buttercream or cover it with ganache without anyone knowing.
  • Cracks happen when the cake is over done, under done, or often when you haven't beaten the eggs long enough.
  • The cake can be made and rolled in the towel up to 24 hours ahead of time. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 129mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 783IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 1mg