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Basic Egg White Swiss Roll

Ingredients
  

  • Flour Mixture
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 10 g sugar
  • 20 g milk
  • 30 g cooking oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 20 g cornstarch
  • 60 g plain flour

Meringue

  • 7 to 8 egg whites
  • 70 g sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar or lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 190C.

Flour mixture

  • Mix egg yolk and sugar until light, then add the liquids.
  • Fold in the flour.

Meringue

  • Whip the meringue until soft peaks. You know it is soft peaks when it hangs down the whip by 2-3 inches.

Combine

  • Stir the meringues into the flour mixture 1/3 at a time.

Bake

  • Pour into a 10x8 inches swiss roll pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Drop the pan on the counter top a few times to get rid of the bubbles.
  • Bake for 15 minutes on the second highest rack.
  • Cool on the rack for 10 minutes, and then roll.
  • If you are using jam, you can spread and roll immediately.