4 eggs (separated as 3 yolks / 1 white / 3 whites
35 + 30g caster sugar
40ml vegetable oil
60ml water
1/2 tsp vanilla
80g cake flour, sifted
Pinch of cornflour
Preheat oven to 170 delcius.
1. Beat 3 egg yolks and 35g sugar until light and pale. Add oil and mix well. Add water and slowly mix it in. Add vanilla and sift in cafe flour. Set the mixture aside.
2. Beat 1 egg white until foamy. Add a pinch of cornflour.
Prepare 3 small bowls:
3. Take 3 tsp yolk mix, add 1 1/2 tsp cake flour, mix well. Add pink food colouring and add a heap of meringue from step 2, corporate well with spatula.
4. Take 2 tsp yolk mix, add 1 tsp cake flour, mix well. Add green food colouring and add a heap of meringue.
5. Repeat step 4 without colour to make white batter.
Divide the tray into half, and then half one of those halves to make 2 quarter pieces. Freeze the white and green batter on the tray when they’re done first, about 5-10 minutes. when they are nicely frozen, spread on the pink as the background over the white dots, and use the left over pink batter to draw mini strawberries.
Freeze the tray for at least 10 minutes. They harder they are frozen the easier for you to work with.
6. Make a meringue with the left over 3 whites and the second batch of sugar 30g. until full peak. Fold through the yolk mixture carefully to not overdo it or whip it too hard.
7. Add the left over meringue from earlier if there’s any. Fold through.
8. Pour the cake batter onto the frozen pattern and spread out evenly.
9. Bake for 5-7 minutes, check on 5 minutes mark as the time varies for each oven.
10. Once cake is baked, pull it out from the oven and make sure to COVER the cake with tea towel to keep it from drying. Leave to cool completely.
FILLING
150ml Whipped (single) cream
15g castor/icing sugar
10 strawberries
Whisk cream and sugar together until light and fluffy, be careful not to over whip it.
Quarter the strawberries.
Once cake is cooled, cut into 3 pieces according to the patterns. Lay them on top of baking paper with patterns facing down.
Put cream on 2/3 of the area of the cakes followed by strawberries. Roll carefully using the paper to adjust the tightness of the rolls.
Decorate with edible pen or use your food colouring with a small fine brush to brush on.