Basic Desserts Recipes - Swiss Roll Recipe

  
 

Basic Desserts Recipes - Swiss Roll

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, separated

  • 115g caster sugar

  • 115g plain flour

  • 5ml baking powder

  • For a chocolate flavoring

  • Replace 25ml flour with 25ml cocoa powder

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350"F/Gas4. Base line and grease a 33 x 23cm/13 x 9in Swiss roll tin. Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Beat in 30ml/2 tbsp of the caster sugar.

  2. Beat the egg yolks with the remaining caster sugar and 15ml/1 tbsp water for about 2 minutes until the mixture is pale and leaves a thick ribbon trail.

  3. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Carefully fold the beaten egg yolks into the egg whites, then fold in the flour mixture.

  4. Turn out onto a piece of greaseproof paper lightly sprinkled with caster sugar. Peel off the lining paper and cut off any crisp edges. Spread with jam, if wished, and roll up, using the greaseproof paper as a guide. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.