Strawberry Roll Cake
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Soft and tender sponge cake filled with light whipped cream and fresh tangy strawberries
- Author: Catherine Zhang
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 1 roll cake 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Easy
- Cuisine: Asian
Cake
- 25 g White sugar (I) (2tbsp)
- 85 g Cake flour (3/4 cup)
- 50 g Milk (3tbsp 1tsp)
- 50 g Vegetable oil (1/4 cup)
- 4 Egg yolks
- 4 Egg whites
- 60 g White sugar (II) (1/4 cup 2 tsp)
Vanilla Whipped Cream
- 150g Thickened cream (2/3 cup)
- 25g White sugar (2 tbsp)
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Assembly
- 6-7 Evenly sized strawberries, trimmed
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F and line a 25 x 30 cm pan (10 x 12 inches) with baking paper
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan until steaming
- Meanwhile, in a medium sized bowl whisk the egg yolks, oil and sugar (I) together
- Slowly add the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture and whisk
- Sift the cake flour into the milk/yolk mix and whisk until combined
- In a large mixing bowl whisk the eggs and sugar (II) until stiff peaks
- Fold the meringue mixture into the yolk mixture 1/3rd at a time until just combined
- Pour into the lined cake tin and bake for 25 minutes
- Remove from the oven and invert onto a sheet of baking paper
- Remove the baking paper and replace with a clean kitchen towel
- Flip the cake so the towel is on the bottom and the baking paper is ontop
- Roll the cake from one short end to the other, place seam side down and allow to cool completely
Vanilla Whipped Cream
- In a medium sized bowl whip the thickened/heavy cream with sugar to soft peaks
- Add the vanilla extract and continue whipping until stiff peaks
Assembly
- Unroll the cake, then remove the baking paper and kitchen towel
- Spread a thin layer of cream over the cake, and then place the whole strawberries end to end across the short length of the cake
- Cover the strawberries with more cream, then roll the cake following the curl
- Wrap the rolled cake in cling wrap and let rest in the fridge for minimum 2 hours
- Remove, dust with icing sugar and serve