Cake Roll with Berries
“Mom always had fresh-baked desserts like this one for us every week. We all love this cake’s cream filling and fresh strawberries.” —Nancy Kreiser, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Confectioners' sugar
- FILLING:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- BERRIES:
- 3 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
Reviews
Just Made this for Father's day and got great results from my guests. I did have to make the sponge cake twice because the first time I couldn't get the wax paper off... the second time I used parchment paper greased and floured and it came out great! I added a bit of almond extract to my filling and that added great flavor to it! The milk and flour mixture thickened before it even came to a boil, so I just took off the stove before it got to doughy. I whipped my filling for a long time so it tasted extremely light, not too greasy at all! For sure going to make again!
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I actually only made the filling from this recipe and used a different sponge cake(orange flavored) but I must've done something wrong. When i mixed the flour and milk in a saucepan it got so thick it was like dough. I thought maybe that was supposed to happen and it would be fine when mixed with the other ingredients. When i put it in the mixer and turned it on for 5 mins it still left the the filling with small chunks. What went wrong? It still tasted delicious(a bit too buttery, will cut in half next time) but still good.
When I made this the cake roll was tough and didn't unroll well. Also the filling just tasted of shortening, very heavy and greasy. I don't usually have trouble with sponge-type cakes but this one just didn't work.
I don't know what the problem is but the cake roll (not the filling) never turns out! I've tried 3 times following the recipe exactly. Each time, the cake sticks to the waxed paper. I've made other cake rolls and this never happens. I will use the filling instructions from this, which is delicious, and use another cake roll recipe.
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I made this dessert to take to my brothers house for dinner. Everyone loved it but agreed that maybe some lemon flavor in the cream or the cake would give it a bigger punch.
This really made a hit when I served it to company. The filling was a little labor intensive, but it was worth it. Very smooth and creamy. I think next time I may put blueberries on the cream before I re-roll the cake. Will definitely make this again.
The filling tasted too strongly of shortening and was too much for the amount of cake in the roll. I would halve the filling next time and perhaps cut down on the butter and shortening.