Coffee and coconut meringue roulade with coffee cream syrup-sauce

November 10, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Coffee and coconut meringue roulade with coffee cream syrup-sauce

Serves: 10
Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins + cooling

Ingredients

  • 6 egg whites
  • a pinch of salt
  • 210g (1 cup) castor sugar
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) cornflour
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
  • 5ml (1 tsp) white vinegar
  • FILLING

  • 350ml fresh cream
  • 50g castor sugar
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
  • SYRUP-SAUCE

  • 200ml coffee
  • 80g sugar
  • 100ml fresh cream + extra, to assemble
  • icing sugar, to dust
  • 100g toasted coconut, to serve

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 150°C. Line a 23cm x 35cm Swiss roll baking tray with baking paper and lightly spray with cooking spray.

2

Whisk the egg whites and salt in a clean, dry bowl, until stiff and more than triple in volume.

3

Slowly add the castor sugar, 15ml (1 tbsp) at a time, beating well between each addition.

4

Beat in the cornflour, vanilla essence and vinegar.

5

Use a palette knife to spread the meringue mixture evenly and gently onto the lined baking tray.

6

Bake in the preheated oven until crispy on the outside and marshmallowy in the middle, 30 – 40 minutes.

7

Remove from the oven, cover with a tea towel and leave until cold.

8

To make the filling, whip the cream with the castor sugar and vanilla until stiff.

9

For the syrup-sauce, boil ingredients together until thickened, 8 – 10 minutes.

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