Swiss Roll « à la Leo »
A Special Mother's Day breakfast in bed idea.
In France, Mother’s Day is often celebrated with children preparing a nice breakfast in bed for their mom. So here comes Leo’s special Swiss Roll or en Français “Roulé à la confiture“, a cake filled with Strawberry Jam.
Sweet, filled with love and gratefulness, it’s an easy yet sophisticated cake to thank your mum for all she does.
Setting The Mood
Recipe
Mix 4 egg yolks with 125g of sugar, until the dough becomes white-ish.
Slowly but surely (don’t get fooled by the rythm of the music!) sift 125g of flour, 1 tsp of baking powder and 2 tsp of vanilla sugar.
Beat up the 4 whites of the eggs until they become firm. We’re letting you on a little tip to check on the firmness of the mix : a spoon should be able to hold straight in it without much assistance.
Gently mix in the whites to the the dough. The idea is to make the dough „breathe“, for it to be light. The movement your arm should do is a « standing circle » : when you gently go through the dough with the spatula, make sure to reach for the bottom of the bowl before lifting it up, in a circle movement.
Then, pour the mix on an oiled cooking paper placed on a cold oven plate. Let it bake for 10 minutes. The cake has to be slightly golden.
Once the cake has cooked, roll it immediately with the cooking paper. Let it cool down.
Unroll the cake and remove the paper.
Leo’s advice: to offer top notch experience to your mom, slice a fresh strawberry or two and place on the cake.
Le Recap' (To Sum Up)
We are personally quite sad to be away from our French mothers, so to all the mothers out there, feel free to come an give us a little hug this weekend @ the Oranjezicht City Farm Market ! 😊 😊
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