Lime Jelly Roll Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cake flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup key lime juice
• 2 tablespoons lime zest
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup lightly sweetened whipped cream, whipped with 1 tbsp instant vanilla pudding as a stabilizer if desired

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 combine eggs and sugar and beat until thick and lemon coloured, and a ribbon forms when you lift the beater, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add vanilla and lime zest.
• 4 fold in the dery ingredients carefully.
• 5 spray a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan with cooking spray, line with wax paper or parchment, and spray again.
• 6 spoon the batter carefully into the pan, smoothing it out into corners and being careful not to deflate it.
• 7 bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. do not overbake!
• 8 while the cake is baking prepare a large towel (i use a bath towel) by laying it on the table and sprinkling with confectioners sugar. tip the finished cake onto the towel, and working quickly, trim 1/8 inch off the edges of the cake. roll up in the towel and set aside to cool.
• 9 filling:.
• 10 in a microwave safe bowl, whisk egg yolks, sugar, juice and zest until smooth. (i'm going to add some green food colouring to make it more appropriate for st patricks day).
• 11 microwave in one minute intervals until mixture is thick and coats back of metal spoon. remove from microwave and add butter, a little at a time, whisking smooth after each addition.
• 12 let cool completely. store for up to three weeks.
• 13 when cake is cool unroll it gently and spread with cooled lime curd. carefully spread the whipped cream over that and roll back up.
• 14 if you have time, refrigerate for a few hours.
• 15 sprinkle with confectioners sugar and slice carefully.