Sponge Cake Roll with Orange Cream

A delicious sponge cake roll with orange cream, enriched with segments of this delightful citrus fruit that give it a fresh note! One slice leads to another!

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost: Economical
  • Preparation time: 30 Minutes
  • Cooking time: 15 Minutes
  • Portions: 8 people
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 5 Eggs
  • 1 packet Vanillin
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1/2 cup Orange juice (juice of one orange)
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 8.8 oz Mascarpone
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 Orange zest (grated)
  • as needed Meringues (small for decoration)
  • 2 Oranges (for filling)

Preparation

  • In a mixer, put the egg yolks with the sugar, mix until they become frothy. Gradually add the flour, baking powder, and vanillin.

    Separately, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt. When they are stiff, add them to the flour mixture, mixing gently with a spatula.

    Cover the oven tray lined with parchment paper with the mixture, level it well, and put it in the oven at 350°F for 15 minutes.

    Remove the roll from the oven, place a sheet of parchment paper on the surface, turn it over, and peel off the parchment paper used in cooking. Roll the sponge cake in the parchment paper and then in a kitchen towel.

    In a bowl, put two tablespoons of water with one of sugar, mix well and brush the sponge cake with a kitchen brush dipped in this syrup.

  • Put the orange juice with 1/4 cup of sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil (it should reach 250°F to pasteurize the egg) and pour it over the yolk that you have separated from the white and put in a bowl. Continue stirring with a whisk, otherwise, the egg might cook. Once lukewarm, add the grated orange peel.

    Meanwhile, in a saucepan, put 3 tablespoons of water with one of sugar; as soon as it boils (also in this case it should reach 250°F to pasteurize the egg), pour it over the egg white that you have put in the mixer to whip to stiff peaks. Add a pinch of salt and continue mixing until the egg white is stiff.

    Now take the bowl with the orange juice, add the mascarpone, mix well with a whisk, and then add the whipped egg white, taking care to mix gently with a spatula.

    Now you can cover the sponge cake with the orange cream. On the innermost part, line up some orange segments, roll a bit, then make another row of orange segments, and roll until the roll is closed.

    Cover the surface with the remaining cream and decorate as desired

Notes

Alternatively, you can soak the sponge cake with Alchermes or Limoncello according to your taste.

Instead of orange segments, you can cover the layer of cream with very thin slices of orange and then roll the sponge cake.

For decoration, I used small colored meringues, butterflies, and wafer leaves.

If you liked the Sponge Cake Roll with Orange Cream, try the other orange desserts:

Carrot, Almond, and Orange Muffins (like Camille)

Orange Squares (Cookies)

Millefoglie with Orange Cream

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