HAZELNUT SPONGE ROLL WITH STRAWBERRY CREAM

Steps:

• Also need 1 swiss roll tin, greased and lined with baking paper.
• Hull and slice a little over 1/2 punnet strawberries (sufficient to make up to 1 cup).
• Sprinkle with caster sugar.
• Whip the cream SOFTLY.
• Add vanilla essence, sliced strawberries and any syrup'residue' in the bottom of the bowl from the berries.
• Beat for a few seconds, mashing the strawberries into the cream.
• Separate eggs.
• Put YOLKS in small bowl, and WHITES into larger bowl.
• Whisk YOLKS and sugar until thick and creamy.
• Add hazelnuts and flour.
• Beat egg WHITES separately until stiff.
• Add a spoonful of the beaten egg whites to the yolks to soften slightly.
• Fold the yolk/hazelnut mixture gently through the the remaining beaten egg whites.
• Brush paper-lined swiss roll tin lightly with melted butter.
• Place the sponge mixture into the tin and spread quickly to the edges.
• Bake in a moderate oven for about 15-20 minutes.
• Turn out onto a clean TEATOWEL sprinkled well with sugar.
• Roll up (from the longest side).
• Roll the cloth INTO the cake!
• NOTE: be careful NOT to roll TOO tightly as this will cause the sponge to flatten.
• Hold hot cake for a few seconds, then gently UNroll- to remove the teatowel.
• Roll sponge back up and leave till cold, then unroll sufficiently enough to fill with the Strawberry Cream.
• Cut into thick slices and serve with the remaining strawberries (whole or halved).