Deco Rolls
 
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Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
For the pattern:
  • 1 egg white
  • 30 gm granulated sugar
  • 40 gms all purpose flour
  • 20 grams butter, softened
  • Color, as desired ( I used deep pink, and red)
For the cake:
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp water
For the filling
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 10 strawberries
Instructions
  1. Grease a half sheet pan. Line it with parchment paper. Put your template under the parchment paper on one side of the pan.
For the pattern:
  1. In a bowl beat the egg white with a fork. Add in sugar. And then the flour. Mix well. Beat in the butter to make a smooth paste. Divide batter if necessary and color as desired. Put in piping bags and using the template as a guideline, pipe the pattern. Put in the freezer for at least 15 minutes, and make the cake batter.
For the cake:
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F.
  2. In a stand mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the 4 eggs for 5 minutes. Gradually add in the granulated sugar and beat for an additional 5 minutes, till the mixture is pale. Mix in the vanilla.
  3. Sift the flour with the baking powder in a separate bowl. Fold in the flour till well combined. But do not overbeat. Add the water.
  4. Take the sheet pan with the piped pattern out of the freezer. Remove template from under the parchment paper.
  5. Pour the batter over the pattern. Clean the edges to get a cleaner roll. Let bake for 10 minutes. The cake is done when you lightly touch the surface with the tip of your finger and the cake springs back. Please see notes above for baking times- my friend's oven bakes the cake in 8 min in a 350F hot oven. So keep an eye on that cake.
  6. While the cake is baking, sprinkle powdered sugar on a piece of parchment paper. Once the cake is baked, remove it and flip it on the prepared parchment paper. The best way to flip I have found is to put the sugar sprinkled parchment paper on the back side of another sheet pan. And then put it on the baked cake. As shown in the video.
  7. Once flipped over, pull the parchment paper out from the decorated side. Flip it over again. And roll it, starting from the side opposite from the pattern.
  8. Let sit on counter, rolled till its completely cool.
  9. While the roll is cooling, make the filling by whipping the cream with the sugar till just about stiff peaks are formed. Chop the strawberries into small pieces.
  10. Unroll the patterned cake roll, and spread the whipped cream on top. Add the chopped strawberries on top. And roll the cake tightly to form a log again.
  11. Serve at room temperature.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2014/02/09/love-is-in-the-cake-video-tutorial-deco-roll-cakes/