Zebra Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• SPONGE LAYERS:
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• Double the layer recipe, example, use 10 eggs, but make 2 mixtures in two different bowls. This is to ensure that the layers will be equally thick after being baked.
• Spray 2 large swissroll or cooking pans.
• Lay wax paper on top of this.
• Spray the wax paper aswell.
• Put aside.
• Seperate the eggs.
• Sift the cocoa, flour and salt together twice.
• Set aside.
• Beat the sugar slowly into the egg yolks.
• Increase speed.
• Beat for 5 minutes until thick and glossy.
• Add in the vanilla and water.
• Beat again.
• Mixture will thin out.
• Add the flour mixture in three equal parts.
• Mixing well after each addition.
• Beat for 3 minutes on the highest setting.
• Set aside.
• Add the cream of tartar to the egg whites.
• Beat slowly at first for 10 seconds.
• Increase the speed until high.
• Beat until stiff points form.
• Scoop up half a cup of whites and beat into flour mixture.
• Fold the rest of the egg whites into the mixture.
• Pour the batter on top of the wax or parchment paper.
• Smooth out with a spatula.
• Hold the dough filled pan 3 inches above the working surface and drop the pan. This is to break of air pockets trapped in the batter.
• Bake for 23 minutes at 350 deg F (180 deg C).
• Place a teatowel over the baked layer.
• Turn the pan over on the worksurface with the tea towel.
• Remove the paper very carefully.
• Cut the cake into 4 or 5 equal strips.
• At the end there will be 8 or ten strips, counting the second layer of baked cake.
• FILLING:
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• Beat the cream until stiff points form.
• Boil the condensed milk beforehand for 3 hours if you don't get caramel condensed milk in your store.
• Mix the caramel condensed milk with the cream, keeping a little bit for topping aside.
• Grate the chocolate.
• Mix half of the chocolate into the mixture.
• ASSEMBLING THE CAKE:
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• Spread the filling on a strip of cut cake.
• Start rolling it up very carefully, like making a swissroll.
• Place onto a cake plate.
• Spread filling on the next strip.
• Pick the strip up very carefully, and place aroung the first layer.
• Keep this up until the layers are finished.
• Spread some caramel condensed milk on top.
• Sprinkle the chocolate over.
• Decorate the cake as you please.