Lemon Roll Cake
Source of Recipe
Rounders Online - Nana's Kitchen
List of Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 9 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 1 tsp fresh grated lemon zest
- powdered sugar
- Filling ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- pinch salt
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp fresh grated lemon zest
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Grease bottom only of 15"x10" jelly roll pan. Line with parchment and grease again.
- Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup, level off
- In medium bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In large bowl, beat egg yolks at high speed until light lemon colour.
- Add 2nd 1/2 cup sugar to egg yolks and continue beating until thickened
- Add cold water and lemon extract, mix well.
- Gently fold flour mixture and lemon zest into egg mixture - blend well.
- Spread batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden.
- Remove from oven and immediately turn out of pan onto a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- Quickly remove parchment paper.
- Starting at short side, roll up cake in towel. Cool.
- In small heavy saucepan, combine sugar, salt, lemon juice and egg yolks.
- Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir in lemon peel. Cool.
- Whip cream and fold into cooled filling.
- Unroll cake and spread with filling. Roll again without towel.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and garnish with lemon slices.
- Refrigerate 1-2 hours.
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