Swiss roll
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Swiss roll is a type of sponge cake baked in a very shallow rectangular baking tray, and then filled, rolled up, and served in circular slices.
The origins of the term "swiss" roll are unclear. The shape of the swiss roll has inspired usage of the term as a descriptive term in other fields, such as in optics.
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[edit] Regional
[edit] Finland
In Finland it's called kääretorttu (wrap flan), and known in English as Sweet roll.
[edit] Hong Kong
The origin of this pastry is likely from the U.K., since Hong Kong was a British colony in the 19th century. The cake is never packaged as it is sold fresh daily in Chinese bakeries. Overall, this cake has been sold next to other Chinese pastries well before the popularizing of western-style bakeries such as Maxim. There are a couple of popular variations.
- The first is the Egg Roll version (Chinese: 卷蛋糕 or 蛋卷). The roll is made of an egg recipe, and a light whip cream filling is standard.
- The second is the Chocolate Egg Roll version (Chinese: 朱古力蛋卷). The roll is made of egg in combination with chocolate flavoring. It also has a whip cream filling.
- Some bakeries offer their own variations, such as combo layer made of egg and chocolate swirl. Other variations include strawberry, coffee, and orange.
[edit] Overseas Chinatowns
Most U.S. Chinatown bakeries sell the basic Hong Kong Egg Roll version. It essentially looks and taste identical to the one sold in Hong Kong.
[edit] India
In India swiss rolls are called Jam Rolls. Most popular bakery in making jam rolls in India is SAC Bakery based in a small town,Kanjirapally, in the south Indian state Kerala which makes jam rolls in a traditional,ethnic style. SAC uses only organic fruits-mainly pineapples. Started in 1931 the bakery still uses country earthern oven fired with coconut shells. Founder of SAC Bakery was Kunju who had his early training in European baking systems.
[edit] Indonesia
In Indonesia, Swiss Roll Cake are called "Bolu Gulung". Most of the bakery sell Swiss Roll daily, filled with butter cream, cheese or fruit jam. Swiss Roll are very common to be sold in slice.
[edit] Japan
Japan has green tea powder versions, such as matcha.
[edit] Philippines
Philippines uses purple yam and mango.
[edit] Malaysia
Varieties produced in Malaysia include coconut pandan, blueberry, strawberry, and vanilla
[edit] Spain
In Spain it is called brazo de gitano (gypsy's arm) and is a popular tea time snack.
[edit] Sweden
In Sweden it's called rulltårta (Roll-cake). It is a popular choice among older people as a side dish when drinking coffee. The filling is often butter cream and strawberry jam. A chocolate version is with just butter cream, and called Drömrulltårta (Dream roll-cake) and is made of potato flour instead of wheat flour as the standard.
[edit] Switzerland
The swiss roll is not widely eaten in Switzerland, where they are called Biscuitrolle, Roulade or gâteau roulé
[edit] United Kingdom
In the U.K the "collapsed swiss roll" is a popular variety of the sponge dessert. Cream and jam will often be used to fill the roll, with berries often embedded into the sponge to add weight to the sponge layers, and hence collapse the roll shape.
[edit] United States
The most common method of making a swiss roll is to use a basic sponge cake recipe. A jam swiss roll is sometimes known as a jam roll, or, in the United States, a jelly roll (as jelly is a type of jam in American English). A chocolate swiss roll is made in the same way, but cocoa powder is substituted for some of the flour, and the cake is filled either with whipped cream or with buttercream, sometimes flavoured with vanilla, chocolate, or a chocolate-flavoured liqueur. A chocolate swiss roll is sometimes called a chocolate log.
[edit] Brazil
Rocambole is the name given to swiss roll, and pão-de-ló to sponge cake.
