Matcha Swiss Roll Birthday Cake
Author: Kiku Corner
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
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Serves: 10
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 Tbsp hot water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tbsp matcha
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Grease a rimmed cookie sheet/jelly roll pan, line it with parchment paper, and grease it again.
- In a medium bowl free of any grease, beat egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks. Add sugar and beat until thick and lemon-coloured.
- Stir water and dry ingredients into egg yolks.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Pour batter into pan, spreading evenly.
- Bake 12-15 minutes.
- Immediately cut off crisp edges and turn onto a large cloth lightly covered with powdered sugar
- Remove parchment paper.
- Using the cloth, roll up the cake lengthwise and set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, make whipped cream.
- In a large bowl, beat the cream with the vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp sugar until stiff.
- When the cake is cool, unroll the cake. Spread whipped cream filling over and roll back up.
- Transfer to serving dish.
- Cut with a serrated knife.
Recipe by Kiku Corner at https://www.kikucorner.com/2014/11/18/matcha-swiss-roll-birthday-cake/
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