Easy Recipes : Red Velvet Swiss Roll

This easy recipes come from my cousin’s creation living in sweden, it is a cake that called swiss roll, but she modified it and make some creation so it is called red velvet swiss roll. A Swiss roll or jelly roll (or cream roll when so filled) is a type of sponge cake roll. A thin cake layer is made of flour, eggs, and sugar and baked in a very shallow rectangular baking tray, called a sheet pan. The cake is removed from the pan and spread with jam or buttercream, rolled up, and served in round cross-sectional slices.

Ingredients :

• 4 eggs
• 1,5 decilitre sugar
• 1 decilitre cake flour
• 0,5 decilitre potato flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 15 ml red food coloring gel or paste
• 2 decilitre powdered sugar
• 100 gram mascarpone cheese cream

Directions :

• Whip 4 egg whites with 0,5 dl sugar until stiff. Whisk 4 egg yolks with 1 dl sugar until pale & airy. Add 1 dl cake flour and 0,5 dl potato flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, mix and sift the flour into the egg yolk batter then pour into merengue, fold gently and slowly add 15 ml red food coloring gel or paste. Bake for 10-15 minutes in 175 celsius degree.
• For filling : whip a heavy cream with 2 dl powdered sugar and 100 gram mascarpone cheese cream.
• When the red velvet is done, set aside and cool off then use white marzipan to cover the outer side of the roll.

Some NOTES :

As variations we could change the color with yellow or green or any coor as desired, but as consequence the name of this swiss roll also change J

That’s all folks, I hope this easy recipes help…. Happy cooking J

Sources :

https://www.facebook.com/Diablo.Devi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_roll

Easy Recipes : Whipped Yogurt with Pineapple and Dried Fruit

Easy recipes that we want to introduce this time is whipped yogurt. This recipes usually serve as dessert menu for lunch or dinner, or for some people it is consumed as breakfast. As basically Yogurt, yoghurt, or yoghourt is a fermented milk product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as "yogurt cultures". Because it is comes from milk, so it is provide us with a dose of animal protein, plus several other nutrients found in dairy foods, like calcium, vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium, and magnesium. 

Some benefits in consuming Yogurt are : it may help prevent osteoporosis, may reduce the risk of high blood pressure, yogurt with active cultures helps the gut, for women it may discourage vaginal infections, and it may help us feel fuller.

Ingredients :

• 2 cups plain low-fat Greek yogurt
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
• 2 cups coarsely chopped fresh pineapple
• Sliced dried fruits, such as papayas, plums, and strawberries, for serving
• Shaved coconut or unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted, for serving
• Freshly grated nutmeg, for serving (optional)

Directions :

• Whisk all : yogurt, cream, honey, and zest in a bowl until mixture thickens and holds soft peaks.
• Divide half of pineapple evenly among 8 serving bowls. Top with yogurt mixture, then remaining pineapple, dividing evenly. Sprinkle with dried fruits, coconut, and nutmeg.
• Ready to serve for 8 people.

That’s all folks, I hope this easy recipes help…. Happy cooking J

Sources :

• http://www.marthastewart.com/1062411/whipped-yogurt-pineapple-and-dried-fruit?czone=food%2Fdinner-tonight-center%2Fdinner-tonight-desserts&gallery=853315&slide=1062411&center=1009177
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt
• http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/benefits-of-yogurt