Swiss Roll recipe

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09/08/2011

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Served warm or cold, this recipe for swiss roll will hit the spot.

Ingredients

1/4 cup (60 ml) milk
3 eggs
1 cup (250 ml) sugar
1 cup (250 ml) flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt
2/3 cups (160 ml) apricot jam

Directions

Pre-heat the oven to 230C , and line a jelly roll tin (rolkoekpan) with baking paper or foil. (Our tin measures 38cm x 25cm)

Boil the milk, and allow to cool down.

Beat the eggs and sugar well until creamy: the mixture should be pale and thick. This will take about 10 minutes if you use a food mixer.

Sift flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt together.

Add dry ingredients and cooled milk to the egg mixture and combine gently.

Pour mixture into pan.

Bake for 7 to 8 minutes until golden brown. To test: gently press down on the surface of the cake, if it jumps back, it is done.

While the cake is baking, dampen a large towel with warm water and wring it out. Flatten the towel, and sprinkle with sugar.

Gently heat the jam until it is soft enough to spread easily.

When the cake is done, remove it from the oven and turn it out onto the towel.

Peel off the baking paper. You need to work fast but gently, to avoid the cake from either cooling down or breaking.
Spread an even coating of jam over the cake.

Turn the short side of the cake towards you and roll the cake into a tight spiral.
Place cake on a wire rack and allow to cool.

Let it cool a little bit or allow it to cool down to room temperature before serving.

This recipe and photo is from the Rainbow Cooking website, where you will find a collection of mostly South African recipes, both traditional and modern.

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