Cream roll is a sweet snack item which has a hard pastry roll with whipped cream inside. These cream filled roles are available in different flavors of cream stuffing. Chocolate, vanilla and strawberries are some of the popular flavors. These rolls are delicious, crisp and very similar to cake rolls.
Ingredients of Cream Roll Recipe
A cream roll is usually made by preparing a cake pastry and then stuffing it with whipped cream. All-purpose flour, eggs, sugar, baking powder and whipped cream is required for the hard pastry in cream roll recipe. The topping of the roll can be done using different ingredients. Some of them are chocolate chips, confection sugar and cinnamon powder.
Variations In Cream Roll Recipe
Though a basic cream rolls recipe needs similar ingredients, there can be variations in the filling and the topping. Some of the variations in these roll recipes are
Cannoli – This is an Italian variation of a cream rolls. Cannoli is initially from the Palermo region in Sicily. Oval shaped dough is wrapped on a round ring and then fried. The roll is then filled with a ricotta based custard cream. The flavors of cannoli can differ. Some of the main flavors added to cannoli fillings are candied citrus peel, cinnamon, chocolate or fruit. Cannoli is served as soon as it is made.
Swiss roles- A Swiss roll is another variation in a cream roll recipe. Swiss rolls are also called jelly rolls. A thin crust cake is made with the basic cake ingredients and then jelly is filled in this roll and the cake is sliced and served.
Arctic roll- Arctic roll is a British dessert which is made by making a thin layer of sponge cake and then filling it with ice-cream. A layer of raspberry sauce is also added to the filling. Once popular the sale of these arctic rolls declined in 1990s. However, in year 2008 this cream roll variation reappeared.
Popular Cream Roll Recipes
Double chocolate cream roll- It is a thick cake pastry with a mouthwatering filling of double chocolate cream. This delicious recipe is well suited for chocoholics.
Dill sour cream roll- The dill and sour cream pair in a great way making it a perfect snack to be relished at any time of the day.
Pumpkin spice cream roll- Wonderfully flavored with pumpkin and spices like nutmegs, cloves and cinnamon, this recipe is best as an evening snack.
Strawberry Almond Cream Roll- This recipe makes use of fresh strawberries with flavors of almond whipped together in cream. This is a summertime special roll perfect as an evening snack.
Serving Cream Rolls
A roll with whipped cream is a perfect snacking item. It tastes good with hot beverages like tea and coffee.
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