Challenging Swiss Roll

I am getting more adventurous in baking. LOL

This Tuesday, there will be an international potluck party in my work place. After giving some thought, I decided to challenge a dessert that I love so much while I was in Japan.

Swiss Roll.

Yesterday, I looked through the internet for recipe and chose one that required to use "corn starch". It was a bad starting.




I could not find any soft flour, so I tried to used medium flour instead.

The bad turned worse. What more with milk and butter...




I totally screwed up my first attempt.

The cake was too hard. Before I even able to roll it, it had turned into something like above.

Hard and too dense. :( The good red bean cream inside it did not save the situation much.




Today, I went to the supermarket again, finally I found soft flour. I did not know it is named cake flour here.

I decided to find another recipe.

It was a much easier one. Just three ingredients : 4 large eggs, 40g soft flour and 60g sugar.

After followed the instruction step by step carefully...




Tralala~~~ I was so glad the cake turned out to be thick yet fluffy, like a sponge.

After letting it cooled...




... I tried to put many wedges of strawberry and cream, but it was too thick. LOL

Have to take out half of the strawberry.

The cake was too short, I could only roll one round.




Just enought to cover the filling.




Hehe... I know it is still far from perfect, but at least I am ready to make for real tomorrow's night for the party.

I gave myself 55 points this time.

Let see what will happen tomorrow. ;)