Swiss Roll

I'm not really sure what inspired me to take this on as challenge number 2, with that vision of cracked and broken cake all over my bench still very clear in my head, but hey I had to get to this sometime. For all intents and purposes the actual cooking of a swiss roll is kind of easy and it seemed like it would be the perfect dessert to accompany the roast I plan on making for dinner. So there's no time like the present...

Pouring, Pouring, Pouring...

Peeling back the paper and holding my breath until it was safely off

I think the cream was a little thick for me to be able to spread it nicely but hey!

Rolling... again hold your breath until it's all done

Not too shabby!

Swiss Roll

Makes: 6 servings

Prep Time: 20 Mins Bake Time: 10 Mins

For the Swiss Roll
3 Eggs 
1/3 cup Golden Caster Sugar (I had to get creative here not being able to find this but I used an organic caster sugar and it worked OK)
2/3 cup SR Flour

For the Filling
Strawberry Jam 
Cream
Strawberries (Thinly sliced)
* The original recipe I used suggested 75g of Jam, 125ml of cream, 100g of Strawberries but I found this was a bit much so I adjusted to suit my own taste

To Serve
Icing sugar
Strawberries 
Cream

1. Preheat Oven to 200C. Grease and line a 23cm x 30cm tin.
2. Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy
3. Fold in flour and pour the mixture slowly down the length of the tin. Bake for 10 mins, or until light and springy to touch
4. Remove from oven and cool slightly before turning the sponge onto another piece of greaseproof paper
5. Spread the jam onto the sponge and then spread the cream, leaving a small gap around the edge
6. Place a row of strawberries along one edge and roll the sponge to cover before adding another row and rolling again
7. Dust with icing sugar and serve


It wasn't as bad as I feared, though I'd like to add it wasn't as perfect as I'd hoped, but my Type A personality doesn't like to accept much less than perfect and for a first attempt I think I should be gentler on myself, especially with my makeshift ingredients!