Jam Roll

Days are just flying by. It is just like yesterday I was holding my tiny daughter and to say this year is her last year of school.

At the moment there is always talk at home with her what she wants to do, which university she is going to choose and which city.
And inside me I am hoping she will choose close by. I was telling hubby my stomach gets in knots when I tink about my little girl ( not so little she is taller than me)going and staying alone in a small apartment and taking care of herself and making all the decesions etc.......there are times when I think why here they don't have hostels like we have in India.

Good thing is where ever she choose to learn in belgium she will be home on weekends :-)
I don't think I should start moaning now itself as still there is months and months to go before we reach the time for all this.


Now I will stop moaning and go to the recipe.
Back at home this cake is calle Jam roll. You will see them in most of the bakkery there these rolls and we kids used to love them.

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This recipe is a keeper for sure. The best jam rolls I have ever made. And I am sure going to make them with other fillings too.
For a baking plate from 40 x 30 cm (mine was a bit smaller)
For the cake
4 eggs
120 gm sugar
60 gm flour
60 gm cornflour
20 gm melted butter

For the filling
300 gm any kind of jam. ( I used red currant jam)
Almond slices for decoration.
Preheat the oven to 220°c

Grease and baseline the tin.
In a heat proof bowl add the eggs and sugar and whip them up on top of hot water. ( boil water in a pab and keep the bowl on top , bowl should not touch the water) till they are really creamy pale.
Sieve the flour and the corn flour and fold into the pale mixture.
Add the melted butter and give another fold.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Make the top smooth.
Bake them for 8 minutes.

Spread a clean tea towle and sprinkl on top sugar and when the cake is done band into the towel upside down. Don't remoce the tin leave it like that for cooling down. This just take less than ten minutes.
When it is cooled remove the tin and the baking paper, spread the fruit jam and roll them up.
Spread on top of the cake a bit of jam and sprinkle sliced almonds.
Cut rolls into 4cm.