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Tangy lemon flavored sponge cake filled with lemon curd, whipping cream and cream cheese filling rolled into a jelly roll. Easy recipe and full flavored sponge cake roll.
large tea towel for rolling cake roll, stand mixer with whisk attachment, 1 -10″ x 15″ x 2″ baking sheet, parchment paper, microwave or purchased lemon curd, extra confectioners sugar for dusting tea towel and finished cake. Piping tip 1 M, disposable piping bag.
Garnish: lemon drop candies, fresh mint leaves or fresh blueberries/raspberries.
4 eggs, room temperature
3/4 cup super fine sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons buttermilk
2 teaspoons lemon extract
3–4 drops lemon yellow food gel
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Lemon Curd
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1–1/4 cups heavy whipping cream, well chilled
1/4 cup confectioners sugar + some for sifting on tea towel and finished cake
2 teaspoons lemon extract
Garnish: Fresh blueberries, raspberries, crushed lemon drop candies or grated lemon zest and fresh mint leaves.
Unroll cooled cake from tea towel. Cake will want to roll and that is normal. Spread 1/2 cup lemon curd over cooled cake. Spread 1/2 of the whipped cream filling over the lemon curd, beginning at the curled end of cake. Spread filling to the edges of cake but leaving 1/2″ space on opposite end of the cake. Use an off set spatula for spreading if you have one. The reserved 1/2 cup whipped cream will be used for dollops or swirls for garnishing cake right before serving.
Beginning at the curled end tightly roll cake into a jelly roll shape. The filling will probably ooze out the sides but thats ok. Cut a small slice off both ends of the cake to get the pretty pinwheel look inside. At this point, wrap cake in foil and chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours. This will set the filling for serving.
Sift confectioners sugar over the top of the rolled cake, place on serving platter, then garnish with dollops of whipped cream.
With the remaining 1/2 cup of whipped cream, fill a disposable piping bag fitted with tip #1M to pipe dollops on top of cake roll. You should aim for 8 dollops for 8-1″ serving pieces. Garnish with mint leaves and crushed lemon drop candies or grated lemon zest if desired. Or you can use fresh berries like raspberries or blueberries.
This is a light and lemony flavored cake roll. Using 4 eggs instead of 3 makes a fuller sponge cake. You can decorate the entire cake and chill for 60-120 minutes before serving. However the mint and lemon drops might wilt and candies might bleed on the whipped cream.
Find it online: https://lizbushong.com/lemon-cream-cake-roll/