Out of Africa Giraffe Swiss Roll with Orange Cream Filling

Name: Out of Africa Giraffe Swiss Roll with Orange Cream Filling
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 120 g caster sugar; 1 scant tbsp water; 5 egg whites; 150 ml double or whipping cream; 30 g unsalted butter, melted; 5 egg yolks; 10 g cocoa powder; 1 tsp whole milk (optional); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 85 g plain flour; seeds of ½ vanilla pod or 2 tsp vanilla extract; finely grated zest of 1 orange (or to taste); 1 tbsp Cointreau (optional); 30 ml double cream; 2 tbsp icing sugar, sifted

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bake

By Lorraine Pascale

Published 2017

About

I love a cake recipe with a sense of humour! This cake transforms a Swiss roll-style sponge with an animal print finish. The recipe is actually really quick to make and will look better and better every time you make it. This is a really fun one to make with the kiddies too.

Ingredients

5 egg whites
120 g caster sugar
5 egg yolks

Cake
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C/350°F/gas 4), and make sure the shelf in the middle of the oven is at the ready. Line the tin with baking parchment. I make sure there is some extra baking parchment hanging over the edges – this makes it easier to pull out the cake w