Raspberry and Lemon Roalade Cake

Raspberry and Lemon Roalade Cake

8 servings
This raspberry and lemon roulade is super quick and easy to make, full of flavour and looks good enough for any celebration.

Ingredients

  • caster sugar
    100 g
  • eggs
    4
  • self-raising flour
    100 g
  • lemon zest
    1 tsp
  • cream cheese
    300 g
  • icing sugar
    4 tbsp
  • lemon zest
    1 tsp
  • raspberry jam
    4 tbsp
  • pistachios
    1 tbsp
  • lemon zest
    1 tsp
  • raspberries
    100 g

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 180C and line a 30 x 23cm (13 x 9") baking tray with parchment

  2. 2

    Using a stand mixer or hand mixer beat together the eggs, sugar and flour till it tripples in size (takes about 5 minutes) then carefully fold in the lemon zest.

  3. 3

    Pour batter on to baking tray and bake for 10 minutes till golden and a cocktail stick inserted in centre comes out clean

  4. 4

    Flip the sponge on to a clean piece of parchment and remove the old paper, score the short end 1cm from edge and using the new paper roll it up and let cool then unroll the roulade

Frosting

  1. 1

    Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar and lemon zest

  2. 2

    Spread enough to cover the whole cake base and then top this with a layer of raspberry jam

Assembling

  1. 1

    Roll up the roulade with the seam edge on the base and cover with the remaining frosting

  2. 2

    Add the raspberries, more lemon zest and any extras you fancy like pistachios and daisies (see notes in blog post)

Raspberry and Lemon Roalade Cake

Raspberry and Lemon Roalade Cake

25 min8 servings311 cal

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