Lincoln Log

Lincoln Log

Cake:
5 eggs, separated
6 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Mocha Cream Filling & Frosting:
1 cup of butter or margarine, softened
4 1/2 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa
2 tablespoons of strong, cooled coffee
2 cups of whipping cream, whipped

Instructions:

Beat egg yolks with sugar, mix in flour and vanilla. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, spread mixture on a buttered waxed paper lined jelly roll pan. Bake at 350ºF.   for 15 minutes, transfer to a dampened cloth dusted with confectioners' sugar. Roll cake in cloth, cool. Beat butter and confectioners' sugar, stir in cocoa and coffee. Unroll pastry, cover with a thin layer of mocha cream and whipped cream. Reroll cake (without cloth) cut off 2 ends diagonally, reserve. Cover cake and 2 slices with remaining mocha cream, place 1 slice on top of cake, the other slice on the side of cake ( to resemble branches). With a fork, trace lines into the cream to simulate the bark. Serves 5

Lincoln Memorial in the National Mall
Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865). From the official site of the National Parks Service.