I fell in love with the book ‘Bake – Essential Companion’ by pastry queen Alison Thompson after borrowing it from the library and my lovely hubby surprised with a copy of my own for mother’s day last year.
If you’re a baking fanatic like me you’ll have hours of kitchen fun with this book. I’d never attempted a roulade until this one and I must say, I was very nervous. I did have a few problems with cracks in my cake and totally panicked until the Hungry Dad came to my rescue [swoon] and solved the issue with some ingenious use of plastic wrap. And the finished product was utterly delectable. I omitted the original recipe’s ¼ teaspoon ground cloves as my pantry was clove-free.
GATHER:
2 eggs
60g butter, diced, softened
250g golden syrup
110g plain flour
75g self-raising flour
1 teaspoon bicarb
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons milk
50g caster sugar
vanilla buttercream
150g butter, softened, diced
120g icing sugar
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped.
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C and line a 20cmx30cm baking tray with baking paper.
In bowl of electric mixer beat butter until smooth, then add golden syrup and sift in flours, bicarb and spices.
Add eggs and mix well, then add milk and mix until combine.
Spread batter over tray and bake 12-15ish minutes then remove and stand for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle a large piece of baking paper with the caster sugar then gently turn the cake onto the paper. Starting from a long side roll the cake into a log with the aid of the paper.
Leave for 10 minutes then unroll the cake and allow to cool completely.
Meanwhile make the vanilla buttercream: In bowl of electric mixer beat everything until pale and creamy.
Spread over the cake then roll up. Place seam on the underside to serve.
the hungry mum 
That looks delicious.
Thanks! It was lovely & spicy.
Looks delicious !
Cheers! It is lovely with a cuppa.
That looks seriously yummy! Love the story behind the recipe Belle…and the super cute photo of your daughter’s written inscription.
Thanks Lis! Yes, poor Lucy forgot to sign her name, and instead wrote ‘love’ twice 🙂 Seeing as she was only 4 at the time I’ll forgive her 🙂
That looks ace! I’m far too terrified of breakages to make roulades/Swiss rolls, but you’ve certainly pulled it off!
Trust me, I *was* terrified! Thank goodness the Hungry Dad was on hand to help me – I panicked when it cracked 🙂
Looks utterly delish!
Beautiful presentation…looks so good!
How delicious!
This looks delicious – the only roulades I’ve ever tried have been chocolate or meringue so this looks like a great new twist.
Thank you. Always good to try a new recipe!
Looks so good and what a fun book. Thanks for recommend 🙂
Thanks Liz! This is such a fab book, I heartily recommend it.
Beautiful! Makes me think of honey roll from my childhood, I’ll try this trip down memory lane.
Oooh, I haven’t had honey roll for *decades*. Yum!
Yum yum yum
Cheers! 🙂
The cup of tea in the first picture makes this recipe a winner for me! 🙂
hehehe! You’re SO English!
Who? Me?…. I don;t what you could possibly mean. *sip, sip*
oooh and fwarrrrr! yum!
Fwarrrr! love it! 🙂
THAT LOOKS AMAZING!!! I now have a terrible craving… So you’ve probably figured it out by now but I’ve nominated you for an award, cause you know, I love your stuff!
I need a taste of this right now, it looks delicious 😀
Cheers
CCU
Thanks lovely lady 🙂
Mmm…I love anything warm ‘n spicy like this. I’ve never made a roulade before. This looks absolutely delicious!
thanks! I love a spicy baked good, too.
Oh butter cream, sort of old school, I love it.
Yes, rather olde worlde [and SO sweet!].
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Indeed 🙂
Wow! Lovely…
thanks 🙂
looks amazing! yum!
ta! Is very spicy & warming – perfect for winter.
I’ve yet to make a roulade, this one looks great.
Yes, this was my first attempt. Bit tricky but worth it 🙂
One my fave cookbook s too!
Oh wow – you have great taste in cookbooks 🙂
Waw, that sounds like a great baking book ! This roullade stuffed looks amazing, tasty & fabulous even! Really appetizing too!
It is just an amazing book – highly recommend it if it is available in Europe 🙂
😀
Oh I do love a good spice cake!
Me too! Makes a lovely change from choc/banana/butter cakes.
Actually looks pretty perfect from this end! No doubt, you were very pleased hungry dad came to the rescue though… I’m sure it was because this roulade smelt amazing too!
This looks delectably good! They remind me of those soft ginger kisses cookies that I’m absolutely addicted to (I can eat about six in about a minute)! Soft gingery delicious cake with a vanilla frosting. YUM!
Cakes are my favorite and your cake looks delicious! I’m amazed at how great the roll cake turned out. I’ve been wanting to make one for a little while now and to be honest I’m kind of worried it will crack while being rolled. One day I’ll try it.. one day.:)
Thank you! Just take a deep breath and do it! Or be a big wuss like me and get your significant other to do the scary/tricky bit – I love some outsourcing 🙂