Swiss Roll

By Ahsanat Ulain 

 Published: 2013-09-16  

Swiss roll is a pretty cake roll serve with tea. Sponge cake sheet is baked and layered with jam or fresh cream then roll up and serve into pieces it can be filled with fresh fruits tiny pieces along with fresh cream. 

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Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10-15 min
Total time: 30-35 min
Yield:  Serves 5 

  Ingredients: 

• Flour: 4 oz or 8 tbsp
• Caster sugar: 4 oz or 8 tbsp
• Baking powder: ¾ tsp
• Vanilla essence: ½ tsp
• Icing sugar: for sprinkling
• Jam: 3-4 tbsp + a drop of red color
• For Decoration:  
• Melted Chocolate
• Coconut: 1 tbsp

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at mark 5 or 200 C also grease and line with parchment paper to 10 x 15" baking sheet or pan. 
2. Separate egg whites and yolk beat egg white with electric beater till stiff peak forms. 
3. Add essence in yolk, add half yolk into egg white bowl then add half sugar beat for a while, add remaining yolk and sugar beat more just to mix. 
4. Avoid to over beat. Sift flour and baking powder trice. 
5. Now add 2 tbsp flour and fold by spatula, add flour and fold in little quantity till incorporate. 
6. Pour the batter on baking pan tap it to make evenly, bake for 10-15 minutes. 
7. Roll up: when done straight roll up, sprinkle icing sugar on damp cloth turn out sponge on icing sugar, sprinkle icing sugar on surface of the sponge. 
8. Now roll it up along with cloth and put into fridge for about 5 minutes. 
9. Take out from fridge and spread jam, now roll up only sponge. 
10. Cut into pieces. 
11. Ready to enjoy and If you want to decorate you can cover the roll with chocolate or cream and coconut sprinkles make slices and serve.