Sponge Rollers with Lemon Cream

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 18 | Cook: 20min
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Sponge rollers with lemon cream are a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the sponge roll category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 60 g sugar
  • 50 g flour
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 lemon (juice and zest)
  • 125 g mascarpone
  • 60 g whipping cream
  • remaining sugar

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Separate the eggs; beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.

  2. 2.

    Whisk the yolks with 40 g sugar and 2 Tbsp hot water until creamy, sift in the flour, fold in half of the beaten whites, then fold in the remaining whites.

  3. 3.

    Line half a baking sheet with parchment paper, spread the batter, bake at 200 °C for about 10 minutes. Remove and immediately transfer onto a kitchen towel dusted with sugar; spray the parchment with water and gently lift it off. Cut the cake lengthwise, roll each piece separately using the towel, and let cool.

  4. 4.

    Mix lemon juice and zest with the remaining sugar and mascarpone, fold in the stiffly whipped cream.

  5. 5.

    Unroll the sponge rolls carefully, spread the lemon filling leaving a small border, re-roll, trim any leaking filling, and slice into 2–3 cm thick rounds.