Swiss Roll with Pawpaw
This Swiss roll with pawpaw and whipped cream is divine and a bit of treat during September/October during peak pawpaw harvest time.
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Swiss Roll with Pawpaw Directions
Start by mixing the ingredients for the cake.
Pre-heat your oven to 335F/170C.
Combine flour, powdered sugar and baking powder into a large bowl and set aside.
In a large mixer add eggs and vanilla and beat on high until pale in colour.
Mix dry ingredients into wet and mix well.
Pour onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Spread out evenly. The cake will be very thin and will cook really quickly.
Bake for about 8 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched.
Wait 5-10 minutes and remove the cake from the pan. Remove the parchement paper and dust with corn starch. Place cake back onto parchment paper and roll with a t-towel tightly and refridgerate until cool.
Filling:
While the cake is baking clean and prepare the pawpaws by removing the skin and seeds and pulping that sweet, sweet goo.
In a stand mixer whip up some whipped cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until firm peaks. Fold in pawpaw pulp and refridgerate until needed.
Putting it all together:
When the cake is cool, gently unroll and remove the parchment paper. Spread the whipped cream/pawpaw mixture onto the cake and gently roll the cake back up in a circle. Let sit in the fridge, if you're patient enough, and serve chilled.
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Notes
The pawpaw fruit is North Americas Northern most tropical fruit and is native to Southern Ontario. It grows in the wild throughout parts of the United States and Southern Ontario.
The pawpaw fruit was eaten as far back by Mastodons (approx. 23 million years - 2.6 million years ago). Pawpaws predate bees and get pollinated mostly by flies and ants.
They are roughly the size of a small mango with a light green skin when un-ripe and a darker skin when ripe. They are filled with large seeds. Both the skin and seeds are not edible by humans but the pulpy filling is certainly yummy.
Notes of custard, banana and caramel flavours are typical for this fruit.
