OS Daily 31st May 2010

Butterfly_Brain

Evening All

JackieG and Kevie192......... Swiss Rolls are surprisingly easy to make - I have even taught DD's BF how to make them and he was surprised too. It is a bit like choux pastry you don't know until you try. And once you have mastered the chocolate one you will never buy a yule log again

Here are the recipes:
But once you have got over the rolling stage you can experiment and use any flavouring or filling that you want

Lightly Grease and line a Swiss Roll tin with parchment paper

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6

Plain Swiss Roll
3 eggs
75g(3oz)Caster Sugar
75g(3oz) Plain Flour
Vanilla Essence

1. Whisk the eggs and sugar until the whisk leaves a trail, add ½ tsp or so of Vanilla Essence,then fold in the flour gently.

2. Pour into the tin and bake in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes or until pale golden and springy to touch.

3. Sprinkle a sheet of baking parchment or greaseproof paper with caster sugar and place on a clean tea towel (Some people prefer the tea towel to be slightly damp but I find it works just as well on a dry one)

4. Turn the sponge onto the the sugared paper and carefully remove the lining paper. Use the tea towel as a guide to help you roll the sponge remembering to roll up from the short edge then leave it on a rack to cool.
5. When cool, carefully unroll trim the edges and spread the filling of your choice over the surface then roll up again.

Variations :

Fill with Jam, Chocolate Spread, Cream, Buttercream, Angel Delight or -
Lemon - add ½tsp lemon juice and grated lemon rind instead of vanilla essence, fill with lemon curd.
Orange - add ½tsp orange juice and grated orange rind and fill with shredless marmalade, or cream
Chocolate -
40g (1½oz)SR flour,
15g ( ½oz) cocoa powder,
3 eggs,
50g(2oz) caster sugar

Fill with Black Cherry Jam or cream or even both if you are feeling decadent
Or how about filling the chocolate one with peppermint butter icing ( add a few drops of green food colouring to the butter icing for effect)
you can also cover it in chocolate ganache.

Let me know if you have a go at making one

taplady

evening!

not long got back from work - a much better day today:j and have now got the next 2 days off:T

re swiss rolls - I love them too(esp lemon curd and buttercream)
when I worked as a confectioner in a bakery I had to roll HUGE swiss rolls which were cut up into 5 large swiss rolls eventually. We used to roll them between sugared greaseproof paper and I could eat the offcuts:D

see you all tomorrow x

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Thanks for recipe Butterflybrain I will have a go at making one on Wednesday, I have copy & pasted it to my online cookbook
Cheers