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Chocolate Roll Pudding

A thin baked egg sponge spread with chocolate icing, rolled up and served with a chocolate sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Chocolate Roll Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Make the sponge

  1. Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth.

  2. Add the yolks, sugar, and flour, and beat until well mixed.

  3. Stir in the cold water and dissolved bicarbonate of soda.

  4. Pour the mixture into a baking pan in a thin layer.

Bake and roll

  1. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 12 to 15 minutes.

  2. Sprinkle milk over the top and remove from the pan.

  3. Spread half of the icing mixture over the pudding and return to the oven for 5 minutes to harden.

  4. Roll the pudding up and apply the remaining icing on the top and sides.

  5. Harden again in the oven, then place on a flat dish.

Make the sauce and serve

  1. For the sauce, beat the egg white to a stiff froth and gradually add caster sugar.

  2. Add the yolk, vanilla extract, and boiling milk, and mix well.

  3. Pour the sauce around the pudding and serve.

  4. For the chocolate sauce, combine chocolate, milk, and vanilla essence in a saucepan.

  5. Sweeten to taste with caster sugar and stir over heat until boiling.

  6. Beat the yolks of four eggs and stir them quickly into the chocolate mixture.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Egg whites
Whipped to a stiff foam that traps air, giving the sponge its lift and light structure.
Flour
Provides the starch and gluten framework that sets the sponge and holds it together when rolled.
Sugar
Sweetens the sponge and helps keep it tender and moist.
Egg yolks
Add richness, colour and moisture, and help bind the batter.
Chocolate
Supplies the main chocolate flavour and a rich, glossy body to the sauce.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness to the pudding and body to the sauces.

The step that matters

Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth.. The whipped foam traps air that expands in the oven and gives the sponge its lift. If the whites are under-beaten or deflate when the yolks and flour are folded in, the pudding bakes flat and dense.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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