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Lavender Swiss roll
Preparation info
- Serves
6
- Difficulty
Medium
Appears in
Published 2014
Use lavender jelly to fill this delicate sponge roll, perfect for a summer afternoon tea. A fatless sponge, it needs to be eaten on the day it is made. A rose petal Swiss roll is equally delicious.
Ingredients
Sponge
50 g 2 oz ¼ cup 50 <
Method
Line a Swiss roll tin with buttered greaseproof paper.
Whisk half the sugar and the egg yolks in a bowl set in a pan over, but not touching, simmering water until pale and foamy and the mixture leaves a ribbon when trailed on the surface.
Use a clean whisk to whisk the egg whites with the remaining sugar until firm and glossy. Fold together the yolk mixture, flour and egg