These turn your kitchen into a filthy mess, but they are worth it!
8 eggs -- separated
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Beat together egg yolks with 1/2 cup of the sugar and the vanilla. In separate large bowl beat egg whites till soft peaks form. Add sugar gradually: beat till stiff. Fold yolks into whites. Mix dry ingredients in small bowl and fold them into the egg mixture. Spread batter into two wax papered jelly roll pans sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Immediately turn out onto cheesecloth dusted with powdered sugar. Roll up and let cool on wire rack. When cool, unroll and fill . Re-roll.
For chocolate add 2/3 cup cocoa to flour mixture.
For spice add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg to flour.
