Chocolates are the classic comfort food for Filipinos, who have a sweet tooth. A good chocolate dessert will always brighten your mood and make a bad day better, whether you are a child, a young adult, or the head of the family. Something sweet is never missing from a table on any occasion. Similarly, no Filipino can resist the flavorful taste of chocolate. So what more when it’s combined with the country’s must-have dessert?
If you’re looking for a chocolate dessert any Filipino can easily enjoy and share with everyone in the household, you’re in for a sweet treat. Follow this recipe to make this chocolate version of the well-known Filipino Yema Roll dessert with Don Pepe Tablia Original to lift your Filipino taste, blood, and spirit!
Photo courtesy of Tea Girl
Ingredients:
For the sponge cake:
- Cake flour, 1 cup
- Baking powder, 1 tbsp
- Don Pepe Tablia Original, 1 cup
- 4 eggs
- White sugar, ⅔ cup
For the frosting:
- Condensed milk, 1 can
- Unsalted butter, 3 tbsp
- 3 egg yolks
- Cheese (optional)
Instruction
For the sponge cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease the baking sheet, then line it with wax paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until the mixture turns pale and the volume triples.
- Sift flour over the egg mixture and fold it with a spatula. Pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread the batter using a spatula.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Let it cool as you prepare the yema frosting!
For the frosting:
- Place the butter in a pan. Melt using low to medium heat.
- Pour condensed milk. Let it simmer for 3 minutes while stirring continuously.
- Add egg yolks and continue stirring the mixture. Continue mixing for 5 more minutes or until you notice a reduction in the mixture’s volume, then set aside.
Assembling the cake
- Cut a diagonal line on one of the cake’s sides. Start rolling from the side you cut the diagonal line.
- Spread the yema frosting evenly on ¾ of the cake with a spatula, excluding the side with a diagonal line.
- Peel off the wax paper gently and use a new one to hold the rolled cake together.
- Store in the fridge until the roll firms. Unwrap the wax paper and add the frosting on top of the cake. You may add it with a sprinkle of cheese if you’re in for an extra flavor!
For more chocolate recipes you can remake to indulge with Don Pepe Tablia’s chocolate goodness, visit us at https://donpepetablia.com/recipes/ and on our official Facebook and Instagram pages.