Swiss Roll With Lemon Curd Filling Recipes

LEMON CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Line a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan with waxed paper. Grease the paper; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs for 3 minutes. Gradually add sugar; beat for 2 minutes or until mixture becomes thick and lemon-colored. Stir in water. Combine dry ingredients; fold into egg mixture. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. , Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. , Invert onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off waxed paper. Roll up cake in the towel jelly-roll style, starting with a short side. Cool completely on a wire rack., For filling, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, egg, water and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. , Unroll cake; spread filling evenly over cake to within 1 in. of edges. Roll up again. Place seam side down on a serving platter. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Store in the refrigerator.

SWISS ROLL WITH LEMON - CURD FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Using a pastry brush, coat the bottom and sides of an ll-by-17-inch jelly-roll pan with 1 tablespoon of softened butter. Line the pan with a 22-inch-long strip of wax paper, and let the paper extend over the ends of the pan.
• Brush the remaining butter over the paper, and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour over it, tipping the pan to spread the flour evenly. Invert the pan and rap it sharply to remove the excess.
• With a whisk or a rotary or electric beater, beat the 6 tablespoons of sugar and the eggs together until the mixture is light and fluffy. A little at a time, sift the self-rising flour over the eggs, folding the mixture together gently but thoroughly with a rubber spatula. Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the jelly-roll pan and, with a spatula, spread it out evenly. Bake in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes, or until the top is a light golden color and the cake has begun to come away from the sides of the pan.
• Remove the cake from the oven and dust it evenly with the superfine sugar. Then turn it out on a sheet of wax paper and gently peel off the paper.
• Spread the top of the cake evenly with lemon curd and, starting at the long edge, roll it into a cylinder. Cool to room temperature. To serve, cut the cake into 1-inch slices and arrange the slices attractively on a plate.

SWISS ROLL WITH LEMON-CURD FILLING

Steps:

• To make lemon curd:.
• In 2 quart saucepan combine butter, sugar, lemon juice and egg yolks.
• Cook over lowest heat possible, stirring constantly until mixture is thick enough to evenly coat the back of a spoon.
• Do NOT let your mixture boil, the eggs will curdle.
• Pour into small bowl and stir in lemon peel.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Swiss Roll:.
• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Coat bottom and sides of 11x17 in jelly roll pan with 1 tbsp of melted butter.
• Line pan with wax paper, allow to extend over the sides.
• Brush paper with remaining butter and sprinkle with 2 tbsp of all purpose flour, tipping to spread evenly.
• Turn pan over and tap to remove extra flour.
• With beater or wire whisk beat sugar and eggs together until light and fluffy.
• A little at a time, sift self rising flour over eggs.
• Fold gently together with rubber spatula, do NOT overmix.
• Pour batter into lined pan and spread evenly.
• Bake on middle rack for 10 minutes or until top is a light golden color and has began to lift from the sides of the pan.
• Remove from oven and dust evenly with superfine sugar.
• Turn it out on a sheet of wax paper and peel away paper.
• Spread lemon curd mixture on top and gently, starting at edge, roll into a cylinder.
• Cool.
• To serve, cut into 1/2 inch slices.