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Yvonne's Easter Roulade
Use a 25cm x 30cm tin, greased and lined with baking parchment.
Ingredients:
For the roulade base:
- 4 large eggs
- 125g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 40g plain flour
- 40g cocoa powder
For the filling & topping:
- 150g mascarpone
- 150g crème fraiche
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 50g icing sugar
- 20g chopped pistachios (or any nuts of your choice)
- 1 small packet of small chocolate eggs (or easter chocolate of your choice)
- 1 tin of peaches or any other fruit like mango, strawberries, bananas or blueberries
- Drizzle of honey
Method:
- Preheat your oven to 200c. Whisk the eggs and sugar until they're thick and light.
- Whisk in the vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour and cocoa powder until well combined.
- Gently sift into the egg mixture and carefully fold together.
- Scrape into the lined tray and spread to the edges.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes.
- When baked, cool down on wire track.
- Roll the shorter end of the sponge to the other end, and leave to cool completely.
- Make the cream for the filling by mixing together the creme fraiche, mascarpone, vanilla extract and icing sugar.
- Roll the sponge back out flat & spread over the cream mixture.
- Line with fruit, chocolate & nuts of your choice - I've used mini eggs, peaches, and chopped pistachios - then roll up.
- Decorate the top of roulade with mini meringues, pistachios, cream, peaches and any other fruits. You can be creative here.
- Serve immediately or keep in fridge.