Monday, October 17, 2016

Halloween Swiss Roll by Angela Seah Thulin


Only for the brave ones ... 





Orange flavour Swiss roll 

Recipe -

Part (A) - filling
200ml of heavy cream
2 tbsp of granulated sugar
1 tsp of orange cloudy (pic shown below)
*Whisk till trails form/creamy and chill in fridge.

Part (B)
3 large egg yolks
2 tbsp sugar
60ml water
45ml vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence 
1 tsp of orange cloudy
60g cake flour, sieve

Part (C)
3 large egg white
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Pinch of cornflour
*In a clean metal bowl, whisk the egg white with cream of tartart until soft peak then add sugar and continue whisking. 
Add pinch of corn flour and whisk till stiff peak formed. Set aside.

Steps -
1. Do Part A first, then chill in fridge.
2. Part (B) - Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy (couple of minutes). Then add water, vegetable oil, vanilla essence and whisk till mixed. Add the sifted cake flour and whisk till well-mixed (batter will look runny).
3. Then do Part (C).
4. Scoop 2 tbsp from Part B and 2 tbsp from Part C into a small bowl, add black food coloring and mix them gently and pour into piping bag. Proceed to pipe your spider web. Then freeze it for 20 minutes or until your spider web have hardened.
*Preheat your oven now at 170degree celsius.
5. After 20 minutes - In 3 additions, take the part (C) and FOLD in to Part (B) till well-combined. Add orange coloring if desired and gently fold in again.
6. Pour onto a 10x10 baking tray lined with baking paper. Into the oven and bake for 14mins.
7. Dust some icing powder on the top. Roll it tightly. Chill in the fridge.
8. Release the roll, spread filling on it and roll the same way again. Back to the fridge to chill before you cut.