What you see is not what you get. Unlike all those fancy gateaux and extravagantly frosted cakes,swiss rolls and roulades retain their velvety richness and sweet fruity creams hidden within, ready to break out the flavourDon’t worry approximately the meringue cracking as you roll – that’s just how it works, or it adds a homemade charmSome cakes wear it all on their sleeves: bouffant gateaux blooming into buttercream swirls and layer cakes flashing glimpses of jam,cream and mousse. Others are less assured. These swiss rolls and roulades aren’t much to ogle at, but what they lack in good looks, and they more than manufacture up for in flavour and sheer heft. Slice into the coffee cake below for a chunky swirl of sweet,chocolate-flecked ricotta curd, or try the roulade for berry-studded passion fruit cream wrapped in cracked meringue.
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Source: theguardian.com