Japanesse Roll Cake - Giraffe Paterned

1st March 2015, after some attempts to make no patterned roll cake to practice baking skill !!

1st attempt !! This roll cake use Junko's Japanesse Roll Cake Recipe, following the recipe in Ochikeron's Video Recipe. 

Thanks to Ochikeron, who always presents in such a clear way for all !!

This recipe use 3 kind of batter : 

1. Egg Yolk Batter : only 1 egg yolk

2. Patern : this is used for drawing the patterns.. here I didn't use any colour, since I made Giraffe Patern.

3. Base Batter : for the whole cake, I decided the cake will have a coffee flavour

Let's see one by one !!

Original Recipe with my modification on the note :

1. Egg Yolk Batter

1 Egg Yolk

35 grams Granulated Sugar

20 + 25 ml Cooking Oil

60 ml Water

a few drops Vanilla Extract

80 grams Cake Flour

Red Food Colouring (I added a sachet of instant coffee mix after took some for pattern batter)

2. Pattern

1 tsp of Egg Yolk Batter (for each colour)

1/2 tsp of Cake Flour (for each colour)

Red and Black Food Colouring

1 Egg White

a pinch of Corn Starch

3. Base Batter

4 Egg Whites

30 grams Granulated Sugar

1 tsp Corn Starch

Simple Syrup (Sugar Syrup)

2/3 tbsp Granulated Sugar

20 ml Hot Water 

1/2 tbsp Fruit Liquor - optional

(I skipped this syrup)

Filling

150 ml Heavy Whipping Cream (Fresh Cream) - Chilled

1 tbsp Granulated Sugar

1 tbsp Fruit Liquor - optional

9 Fresh Strawberries

(I skipped and used Haan Whipping Cream instead)

Preparations :

Prepare the pan ( I used 24x24x3 cm, using not a silicone baking sheet, but Baking Paper)

Prepare all the ingredients and tools near to you

Egg Yolk Batter

1. In a medium bowl, place egg yolk, sugar and 20 ml of cooking oil. Beat them with and electric mixer (hand mixer) until white.

2. Add water, 25 ml cooking oil, and a few drops of vanilla extract, mix well. Sift in the cake flour and mix into gruel - the cake won't crack or break apart in this way 

3. Add in the food colouring until you reach your desired pink colour

Pattern

1. Take 1 tsp of Egg Yolk Batter for each colour and place in smaller bowls

2. Add in 1/2 tsp of cake flour for each colour, mix well. Add the food colouring (red and black) to each.

3. In a different medium bowl, whip 1 egg white, with hand mixer until soft peak form. Add in a pinch of corn starch, and continue beating until stiff peak form.

4. Prepare the Oven at 170C.

5. Add in 2 tbsp of meringue to each colour, mix well. 

6. Transfer to pastry bag and snip off the end. Trace the pattern. After first pattern, bake for 30 seconds. After second pattern, bake for 1.5 minutes.

7. Ready for base batter.

Base Batter

1. In a large bowl, whip 4 egg whites until soft peak form. Add the left over meringue from Pattern, and whip them together. Add sugar and whip untill glossy. Add corn starch and whip untill stiff peak forms.

2. Add meringue to the egg yolk batter 1/3 at a time.mix well untill ribbon stage.

3. Pour and spread the batter to the pan. Bake at 170C for about 14 minutes.
4. Done. Let it cool, roll the cake with cream, put in refrigerator to  set, and ready to serve !!

Link : Kawaii Deco Roll Cake