Strawberries and Cream

A basic sponge cake ( this is a sponge base i got off a japanese website) topped with strawberries and sour cream frosting. LIght tangy and delicious .

Swiss Roll ... or rather Japanese roll ?

I first tried an authentic Japanese sponge cake roll when i was at Mt Rokko in Japan. It was just so light and the cream inside was not too rich which made it a really nice balance. The sponge is made to look like a cow too and this was not only just painted on the exterior of the sponge roll it actually goes through the whole sponge sheet (unfortunately I was too busy eating to take more pictures)



So This is my attempt at the swiss roll . Pretty successful I thought although definitely not as pretty. I got this recipe from a Japanese website. I am quite proud of my attempts with a bit of guess work and google translate :)

Japanese Sponge Cake

This was an interesting experiment I found a Japanese website with detailed pictures of how to make the sponge cake. Only problem is I don't read Japanese and the translators are not 100% accurate. WIth a bit of guessing .... VOILA ....:) it tasted really good though didnt look exactly as it did in the japanese website .. :P




For those interested
http://marron-dietrecipe.com/desert/dessert_spongecake.html