Sakura Roll Cake with the Fragrance of Spring
- 3 Eggs
- 60 grams Sugar
- 50 grams Cake flour
- 4 Salt preserved sakura leaves
- 4 tbsp each Sugar, water
- 2 leaves Salt-preserved sakura leaves
- 150 ml Heavy cream
- 1 tsp Gelatin powder
- 1 Garnish: salt-preserved sakura blossoms
- Soak the powdered gelatin in one tablespoon water.
- Quickly rinse the sakura leaves in water, and dry them off.
- Place the leavesfor the batter on a paper towel, and microwave for about a minute.
- Use a mill, etc., to pulverize it into a powder.
- Sift the flour.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Sakura Cake Batter: Break an egg into a bowl, and over a hot water bath stir it until it thickens.
- Add the sugar in three batches, whisking throughly each time.
- Remove from the hot water temperature when the mixture reaches body temperature.
- Whisk until the mixture forms ribbons.
- Add 1 tablespoon water to the mixture and mix.
- Add the flour and sakura leaf powder in three batches, mixing thoroughly each time.
- (The cake will have a rough texture if you don't mix it enough).
- Pour the batter into the pan all at once without using a spatula.
- Use the last bit of batter in the bowl to fill in the corners of the pan since it will just harden.
- Lightly tap the pan to remove the air.
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, and then let cool after baking.
- Sakura Syrup: Combine the shredded sakura leaves, water, and sugar in a pot and heat on low.
- Increase to medium once it reaches a gentle boil.
- Let boil for several seconds, and then turn off the heat.
- Remove the sakura leaves from the pot.
- Remove any hard bits, and finely mince.
- (I have only used half of the sakura leaves in the photo).
- Sakura Cream: Combine heavy cream with 2 tablespoons of the sakura syrup from Step 5 and minced sakura leaves in a bowl, and beat lightly.
- Take this chance to remove the baked cake from the oven.
- Dissolve the gelatin in the microwave, place into a bowl, and lightly beat over an ice water bath, chilling it to the point to where it is thick enough to easily spread on the cake.
- Finishing Touches: Coat the surface of the cake with the sakura syrup from Step 5 and sakura cream from Step 6.
- Roll it up, chill in the fridge for about an hour, and it is done.
- Make 3 cuts into the end before rolling it up.
- Cut the end off one side and use it as the core.
- Coat the core with syrup and cream as well to make it easier to roll up.
eggs, sugar, flour, salt, sugar, salt, cream, gelatin powder, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/142723-sakura-roll-cake-with-the-fragrance-of-spring (may not work)