Strawberry Swiss Roll

Strawberry Swiss Roll

Posted 2014-03-04 by Alia Tfollow
An absolutely delightful dessert, can be made with almost any fruit of your choice, fresh or canned.

Preparation Time: 40 minutes
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
Makes: 10 servings

Ingredients for the Swiss Roll
4 egg whites
4 egg yolks
75 caster sugar
90 g flour
Vanilla essence

Method
  • Line your Swiss roll tin with baking paper. I used a silicone one in this recipe and lined my baking tray with it ( since I didn't have a Swiss roll tin).Preheat your oven.

  • Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.

  • Separate egg yolks from egg whites


  • Whisk egg whites with 1 tbsp of water until soft peaks form.

  • Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form


  • Add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.

  • Whisk until stiff peaks form


  • Using a large metal spoon, gently mix in the egg yolks and vanilla essence, sift over the flour and fold in lightly with your whisk.

  • Cake mixture ready to be baked


  • Spread your mixture in the tin and bake for 10-15 minutes.

  • Spread mixture...


    ....and bake for 1015 mins until done


  • Turn out onto a damp kitchen towel as shown, peel off the paper and leave to cool.



  • Sprinkle the cake with syrup ( either from the canned fruit or you can prepare it yourself by boiling 1 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup water). You may as well use Sprite. Make sure all the surface of the cake is covered, specially the border, to keep it moist.

  • Spread over strawberry jam.

  • Spread over strawberry jam


  • Starting from one end, roll the cake as shown and seal tightly with the towel. Leave to stand in the fridge for a few minutes.

  • Roll cake...
    ....and seal tightly

  • Meanwhile prepare the chocolate topping.

  • Ingredients for topping

    150 ml milk or cream
    80 g sugar
    20 g cornflour
    20 cocoa/ grated chocolate
    20 g butter
    5-10 g coffee granules

  • Place all ingredients except cornflour in a saucepan and place on low heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Quickly mix the cornflour in a little water and pour into the mixture. On high heat, bring to boil until mixture thickens.

  • Allow topping to cool and spread over the Swiss roll. Decorate with strawberries and leave to stand in fridge for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to develop.

  • Remove Swiss roll and place on plate
    Spread chocolate topping and decorate


  • Slice and enjoy!



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    #kids
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    #chocolate
    #sweet
    #eggs
    #family
    #make_ahead

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