Comic Valentine Swiss Roll

195 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Combine powdered sugar, egg whites, softened butter, AP flour, and red gel food coloring in a bowl to make the pattern mixture.
  2. 2Pipe small heart shapes onto parchment paper using the pattern mixture.
  3. 3Refrigerate the patterned parchment paper for 15 minutes.
  4. 4In a separate bowl, whisk together egg yolks, oil, milk, AP flour, and vanilla extract for the cake batter.
  5. 5Add pink gel food coloring to the cake batter and mix until combined.
  6. 6In another bowl, whisk egg whites and granulated sugar to form meringue.
  7. 7Fold the meringue into the pink cake batter until well combined.
  8. 8Pour the pink cake batter over the refrigerated heart pattern on the parchment paper, spreading evenly.
  9. 9Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 25 minutes.
  10. 10Remove the cake from the oven and carefully peel off the parchment paper.
  11. 11Trim the edges of the cake.
  12. 12Add a filling of choice, such as raspberry jam and whipped cream, over the cake.
  13. 13Roll the cake tightly with parchment paper.
  14. 14Refrigerate the rolled cake for 2-3 hours.
  15. 15Slice the chilled Swiss roll.
  16. 16Decorate the top of the Swiss roll with additional hearts, swirls of buttercream, and fresh strawberry slices.

Ingredients

  • 12 gram powdered sugar
  • 12 gram egg whites
  • 12 gram softened butter
  • 12 gram AP flour
  • red gel food coloring
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 60 gram oil
  • 70 gram milk
  • 90 gram AP flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pink gel food coloring
  • 5 egg whites
  • 75 gram granulated sugar
  • raspberry jam
  • whipped cream
  • fresh strawberries
  • buttercream
  • royal icing

Equipment

bowlspatulapiping bagsmall knifewhiskbaking sheetparchment paperkitchen knife

Tips

  • Decorate using fresh strawberries, buttercream or royal icing.