Strawberries and Cream Chocolate Swiss Roll makes an absolutely decadent and stunning dessert. Fresh strawberries and cream cheese is spread onto a soft and moist chocolate cake. It is then rolled up to form a beautiful swiss roll
The cake is soft and moist…never dry and the filling for this recipe tastes and makes an extremely impressive dessert
Just follow these tips and ideas for perfect swiss roll always. This is also a great recipe, it really is flop proof.
TIPS FOR MAKING THE PERFECT SWISS ROLL
1. Try not to overbake the sponge
2. Immediately after baking, turn out the cake,onto baking / parchment paper dusted with castor sugar
3. Remove the lining and trim off a bit of the stiff edges, which would cause it to crack during rolling.
4. Use the baking / parchment paper dusted with castor sugar to help you roll the cake up, while it is still hot, If the cake cools down, it will crack when you roll it up
5. Leave the rolled cake to cool completely in the parchment paper. I usually cover the parchment rolled swiss roll with a clean damp tea towel. I find that this keeps the sponge soft during the cooling process and makes it easier to re-roll it after it has cooled.
6. After it has cooled completely, unroll the sponge which will be slightly curved, so do not force it down, or it will crack. The curve will make rolling it back with the filling much easier.
7. Spread on the filling. Roll it up again.
I hope that you have as much fun with different frosting and fillings as I did. This is a really easy, quick cake to prepare, just follow the guidelines above and you can impress your guests, family and yourself with this gorgeous dessert.
Enjoy ♥
Strawberries and Cream Chocolate Swiss Roll makes an absolutely decadent and stunning dessert. Creamy mascarpone and fresh strawberries are chopped and spread onto a soft and moist chocolate cake. It is then rolled up to form a beautiful swiss roll.
- 4 extra large eggs separated
- 160 ml / 135g castor sugar
- 60 ml / ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 5 ml / 1 teaspoon instant coffee
- 60 ml / ¼ cup hot water
- 125 ml cake / all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ml salt
- extra castor sugar for sprinkling on parchment paper after baking
- 8 oz / 1 cup/ 250g Cream cheese
- 2 Tablespoons / 30 ml icing sugar / powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- ½ cup / 125ml chopped strawberries
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Beat egg yolks. Gradually add the castor sugar and continue beating until thick.
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Mix the cocoa powder and coffee in the hot water until smooth and beat it into the egg yolks.
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Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Fold it into the above mixture until smooth.
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Beat the egg whites until the stiff peak stage.( Stiff or firm peaks stand straight up when the beaters are lifted)
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Gently fold this into the cake mixture with a metal spoon until properly incorporated.
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Spoon the mixture onto a lined and greased 23x32cm swiss roll tin.
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Bake in a pre heated oven at 180°C / 350°F / Gas mark 4 for 10 -15 minutes
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Turn out immediately onto parchment paper sprinkled with the extra castor sugar.
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Remove lining from the cake. Trim off the edges. ( SEE NOTE 1)
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Roll up the cake ( SEE NOTE 2)
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Leave rolled until completely cooled ( SEE NOTE 3 )
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Unroll and spread with cream cheese and chopped strawberries
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Roll up again, dust with icing sugar and decorate with chocolate dipped strawberries
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Beat the cream cheese, icing / powdered sugar and vanilla essence together.
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Chop up the strawberries into little cubes.
NOTE 1 Remove the lining and trim off a bit of the stiff edges, which would cause it to crack during rolling. NOTE 2 Use the baking / parchment paper dusted with castor sugar to help you roll the cake up, while it is still hot, If the cake cools down, it will crack when you roll it up. NOTE 3 Leave the rolled cake to cool completely in the parchment paper. I usually cover the parchment rolled swiss roll with a clean damp tea towel. I find that this keeps the sponge soft during the cooling process and makes it easier to re-roll it after it has cooled.
This is beautiful!! I love the little chunks of chocolate and strawberry swirled throughout. I would be scared to have this in the house1!
Thank you Katherine,? Oh don’t worry…it is quite healthy…it has strawberries in it ? ( that’s what I tell myself)?
Have a great week!
How delicious! I can only imagine that using mascarpone and strawberries together makes this swiss roll a heavenly treat!
I’ve pinned this as I think next year, when fresh Scottish strawberries are back on the shelves (they’ve just finished) they would be perfect with this summer recipe. 🙂
Thank you Neil.It is definitely a great combination of flavours.
Thanks for pinning. This will be a great recipe for next summer. My favourite seasons, Spring and summer are about to begin here in South Africa,so there are really an abundance of delicious berries to use. Absolutely loving it!!!
I haven’t baked a cake roulade in a really long while..this looks so beautiful, moist and tender.
Thank you for your kind words Angie ?.I am glad that you like the recipe.
Have a great week.
I tried my hands on swiss roll once and let me tell you, I haven’t had the courage to try it ever again. It was disastrous on all levels!!! This roll on the other hand, looks so professional. Slices are so darn neat and the flavors sounds amazing too…YUM!!
Awww… thank you Maria ?. I have also had tons of disasters with Swiss roll recipes. But seriously you should try this recipe and just follow the tips. I can tell you that this is a swiss roll redemption recipe. ?
Good luck if you try it out…and pleeeese let me know if you do,I will love to know how it turned out.
Have a great week,?
Miss Ashika!! Your Mascarpone and Strawberry filled Chocolate Swiss Roll sounds divine!!! Gahh!! I am staring at my computer screen right now wishing I could reach out and eat it. I don’t know if I have ever actually tried mascarpone cheese before! I have seen it in lots of dessert recipes but have never actually bought it and worked with it. I love anything cheesy and creamy, so I am sure I would like it. Great recipe!! 🙂 PS: I wanted to rate this recipe 5 stars but for some reason I am not able to rate it! 🙁
Awwwww…..Super thank you!!! That is so kind of you. You should try mascarpone, it is delicious…it is similar to cream cheese, but a bit more yellow. You can substitute it for cream cheese if you like, I have tried it as well and it turns out just as yummy.
Thanks for the rating…I have no idea why it is not working. I am really bad at( tech stuff if you can call it that ),on my computer.But I will try to fix it. Thanks for letting me know.?
yum!!! swiss rolls always seem so fancy to me :3 i made a couple of buche de noels in high school for extra credit in my french class, but i haven’t done one since! this version with strawberries and chocolate is making me crave a slice right now (:
Haha…Fancy, but really easy to make, buche de noel and swiss rolls basically have the same technique so give it a try with this filling….it really is delicious.
Have a great weekend Heather.?
I have always been scared to try a Swiss roll cake! But you make it seem foolproof so I definitely need to try 🙂 xoxo
Oh, I would love it if you tried…please let me know how it turns out ?
Have a great weekend Kelly.
This is beautiful! I love a good cake roll. And I love that you didn’t let a cracked cake defeat you! Have a great weekend, Ashika!
Thank you Kelsie. Haha…I am crazy when something I try doesn’t turn out right. I have to perfect or try, no matter how many times I redo it.?
Have a great weekend as well Kelsie.
Yummy! Who doesn’t love chocolate and strawberries with some cream cheese all rolled up together in a cake roll! 😀 Perfect!!
This looks so good! It has put me right in the mood to go and bake one, I shall definetly follow your tips as I have only had 50% success making them.