Sponge roll with lemon balm cream

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Separate the eggs for the sponge cake. Beat the egg white and 1 tablespoon of water until stiff. Add 75 g sugar. Fold in the egg yolks one after the other. Mix flour and baking powder, sieve onto the egg foam and fold in loosely. Spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: not suitable/ gas: level 3) for 10-12 minutes.

2. 2

   Turn onto a tea towel sprinkled with sugar and remove the baking paper. Cover with a damp tea towel and allow to cool. In the meantime, for the filling, mix pudding powder, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 6 tablespoons of milk. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil. Add the pudding powder and cook for 1 minute. Let the pudding cool down lukewarm. Soak gelatine in cold water. Clean, wash and chop the strawberries. Wash lemon balm. Peel leaves and cut into fine strips. Squeeze the gelatine, dissolve at lukewarm and stir into the pudding. Fold in strawberries and lemon balm. Whip cream and vanilla sugar until stiff.

3. 3

   Clean, wash and chop the strawberries. Wash lemon balm. Peel leaves and cut into fine strips. Squeeze the gelatine, dissolve at lukewarm and stir into the pudding. Fold in strawberries and lemon balm. Whip cream and vanilla sugar until stiff. When the pudding begins to set, fold in the cream. Spread the cream evenly over the sponge cake. Roll up from the long side and chill for 1-2 hours. To decorate, whip 250 g cream and 1 sachet of vanilla sugar until stiff. Spread the roll all around and scratch with a serrated comb. Wash, clean and halve the strawberries. Cut the roll into about 14 pieces and serve decorated with the strawberries and fine sugar pearls

4. 4

   When the pudding begins to set, fold in the cream. Spread the cream evenly over the sponge cake. Roll up from the long side and chill for 1-2 hours. To decorate, whip 250 g cream and 1 sachet of vanilla sugar until stiff. Spread the roll all around and scratch with a serrated comb. Wash, clean and halve the strawberries. Cut the roll into about 14 pieces and serve decorated with the strawberries and fine sugar pearls

5. 5

   waiting time 1-2 hours