Spiral cake - recipe

Ingredients for the 2 vertical layers:

• 8 eggs
• 8 spoons with sugar
• 4 spoons with cocoa powder
• 4 spoons with wheat flour
• a pinch of salt

Ingredients for the horizontal layer

• 1 egg
• 1 spoon with cocoa powder
• 1 spoon with sugar
• a pinch of salt

Ingredients for the filling:

• 500 grams of mascarpone 
• 150 grams of fresh cream
• a few spoons with jam ( cherries, strawberries according to your taste)

Ingredients for the cover:

• 150 grams of fresh cream
• 2 spoons with sugar
• fresh fruits
• melted chocolate

Prepare the first vertical layer, thus using half of the quantities from above, that is:

• 4 eggs
• 4 spoons with sugar
• 2 spoons cocoa powder
• 2 spoons wheat flour
• a bit of salt

Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.

Beat the egg whites with the salt and the egg yolks with the sugar.

Add the beaten egg yolks over the beaten egg whites, the flour, the cocoa powder and mix slowly until well incorporated.

We used the biggest oven tray we had (35x45) covered with baking paper.

Put the composition and let it bake at 180 Celsius degrees for 7-9 minutes or until done. Take out the composition on a wet towel. Roll it and let it rest until cooled.


When cooled, unroll it and divide it in 4 equal parts (thus when you prepare also the second layer you will have a total of 8 parts).

Repeat the operation with the other half of the composition for the second vertical layer


Prepare the base layer:
Separate the egg yolk from the egg white. Beat the egg white with the salt and the egg yolk with the sugar.

Mix the beaten egg white with the beaten egg yolk and the cocoa powder.

In an oven tray covered with baking paper add the composition (15 cm diameter) and let it bake at 180 Celsius degrees for 7-8 minutes or until done. Let it cool!

Prepare the filling:
Beat the fresh cream. Mix it with the mascarpone and the jam for a few seconds until well mixed.

Assembling the cake:
Spread a few spoons with the filling on the base layer.

Take one of the 8 pieces of the vertical layer and spread some of the filling on it, then roll it and place it vertically (like a cylinder) it hte middle of the base layer, like in the photo bellow.

Continue with the other 7 pieces of dough, spread some filling on them and then roll them around the center (basically thus the cylinder increases in diameter as more layers are placed).

When you've finished with the vertical layers, if you still have some filling left cover the cake with it.

Put it in the fridge for 1 hour to rest.

Prepare the cover:
Beat the fresh cream with the sugar and cover the cake.

Above, you can place some fruits, melted chocolate or whatever you like.
Keep the cake in the fridge until served!

Enjoy!