Easter Swiss Roll
Easter treats for all!
Ingredients:
- 75 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 75 g self-raising flour
- 180 g strawberry jam
- 250ml Connacht Gold Fresh Cream whipped
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 tbsp icing sugar to decorate
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4
- Grease and line a 16 x 28cm swiss roll tin with baking parchment paper.
- Combine 75 g caster sugar and eggs in a mixer and beat for 5 minutes until a pale and fluffy consistency develops.
- Sieve the flour into your mixture and with a large spoon fold in your flour gently.
- Pour the mixture into the tin.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until light golden and firm, do not overbake or the sponge will break when rolling.
- Once baked, sprinkle 2 tbsp of caster sugar over a sheet of parchment paper and turn out the sponge onto the sugared paper.
- Remove parchment paper from base of the sponge and gently roll from the longest side into a swiss roll shape.
- Allow to cool completely rolled up in this shape covered with a dry tea towel.
- Once cool, gently unroll sponge and spread the jam first in a thin layer, chopped strawberries next and spread some whipped cream on top.
- Roll up your swiss roll again and dust with 2 tbsp sieved icing sugar.
- Decorate with the remaining whipped cream
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Chef Adrian
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