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C H O C O L A T E C H E E S E C A K E S A N D S O M U C H M O R E 259

CHOCOLATE KAHLUA batter should look thick and well com-
DREAM GLAZE: bined. Pour the batter evenly into the pre-

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips pared pan, smoothing it out with a rubber
spatula. Place the pan in the oven.
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons light corn syrup 4. Bake the cake until it springs back
1 tablespoon Kahlúa or other coffee liqueur when lightly pressed with your finger and
a toothpick inserted in the center comes
1. For the filling, place the yogurt, cream out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the
cheese, confectioners’ sugar, coffee pow- pan from the oven and place it on a wire
der, and vanilla in a medium-size mixing rack. Brush it with the Kahlúa, if desired.
bowl and blend with an electric mixer on Dust a clean kitchen towel (thin cotton or
low speed for 1 to 2 minutes. The mixture linen) with the cocoa powder, and immedi-
should look well combined. Cover the ately invert the pan onto the towel. Care-
bowl with plastic wrap and place it in the fully peel off the parchment that clings
refrigerator to thicken up. to the bottom of the cake. While the cake
is still hot, use the towel to help you
2. Meanwhile, place a rack in the center carefully roll the cake into a jelly roll, or
of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. roulade. Begin with the long side next to
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Lightly butter the bottom of a 16 ⁄2- by you and roll away from you. Don’t worry if
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11 ⁄2- by 1-inch jelly-roll pan and line it the roulade splits while you are rolling it
with enough parchment paper to cover because you will cover up these blemishes
the bottom and extend over each end by a
couple of inches. Lightly butter the parch-
ment paper, but do not butter the sides of R
the pan. Set the pan aside.
the Cake Mix Doctor says
3. Place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs,
and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. To make the coffee powder, begin with
Blend with an electric mixer on low speed 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules.
for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape Place these in a food processor and
down the sides of the bowl with a rub - process for 1 minute or until a powder
ber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to forms. This will make about 2 tea-
medium and beat 2 minutes more, scrap- spoons powder.
ing the sides down again if needed. The