Gluten Free Roll Cake

Light and fluffy chocolate gluten-free swiss roll cake filled with whipped cream cheese frosting rolled up in a moist chocolate sponge cake. This impressive cake only takes 16 minutes to bake!

One of the primary reasons I started this recipe blog (8 years ago on New Year's Day) was to document my attempts at trying new things in the kitchen. My tagline back then was culinary stunts in a pint-sized kitchen. I set out to master new cooking skills in rapid succession: homemade pasta, pizza dough, stuffing sausages. When I became gluten-free a year and a half later, it opened up a whole new set of baking skills to try out. I wanted to inspire people to try complicated, seemingly unapproachable recipes at home - to want to learn new cooking skills right along with me.

At some point along the way, I got pretty confident and comfortable in the kitchen. Now, when people ask me where I learned to cook & bake, I really don't have an answer beyond:

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When OXO challenged me to try mastering a difficult cooking skill this month, I chose a gluten-free chocolate cake roll. I mean, it just

It did. I baked this cake 8 times to get it just right. Except now I know there's no such thing as ruined cake - just an opportunity for cake trifles and cake pops.

This final version is light and fluffy and filled with a tangy whipped cream cheese frosting that tastes like clouds. With an oil-based sponge cake recipe, it's still moist and tender even after chilling in the fridge to set.

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I developed this chocolate gluten-free swiss roll cake as part of my ongoing collaboration with OXO to show off the tools I regularly use in my gluten-free baking and cooking. Head over to check all my postsfeaturing my favorite OXO kitchen tools from the past few years.

Whether you call it a jelly roll cake, cake roll, roulade cake, swiss roll cake, or cream roll, it's still usually a sponge cake rolled up with some sort of cream or fruit filling. You can dust it in powdered sugar or cover it in ganache.

Traditionally a sponge cake is used for these roll cakes because of their airy texture and pliability. They're much more willing to roll up without breaking.

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You can opt for a thinner cake that rolls up tighter or a loftier fluffier cake, as shown here for a bigger cake roll. I found I much preferred the texture of a soft and fluffy cake against the light whipped cream cheese.

For an ultra light and airy sponge cake, whip air into your egg whites and yolks separately. For this cake, I find it's super helpful to use OXO's glass mixing bowl set to prep all the elements of the cake before folding them together. These mixing bowls are tall and deep, so you're less likely to splatter when using an electric mixer.

To make a swiss roll cake, you need a jelly roll pan that will release the cake easily. For that, OXO's non-stick 10 x 15 jelly roll pan is the perfect pan for the job because the cake releases from the pan with hardly any effort.

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While you certainly could get away with not lining this non-stick baking sheet with parchment paper, it's important that not even a tiny bit of the cake stays behind so to be extra certain, I line the pan with lightly-oiled parchment paper. This also makes it easier to release the cake from the pan.

When you pour the batter into the pan, be sure to use an offset spatula to evenly spread the cake around the pan so it's an even thickness all the way around.

A gluten-free swiss roll cake is a bit more challenging than a traditional one because gluten-free cakes tend to be a bit more delicate. Here are some tips and troubleshooting tricks to ensure you have success!

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Fill a swiss roll with frosting, jam or icing. Just like a certain chocolate snack cake of your childhood, a chocolate swiss roll cake is often filled with sweetened whipped cream. Here I've made a whipped cream cheese filling that's a bit sturdier and easier to spread and roll up in a cake. In my opinion, it's more flavorful too.

Whether you want to impress a special someone for Valentine's Day or make something chocolatey for entertaining company, now's the time to dive into mastering a swiss roll cake.Don't be scared of the deco cake pattern on this gluten free strawberry cake roll! I promise it's really so easy to make. And anyway if you're not into the pattern or just don't have time for it or just don't really like your mother

Much (no judgment here!), you can just make this vanilla sponge cake roll filled with whipped cream and strawberries … without the pattern.

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Just leave it out! How easy is that? Even easier than making the pattern itself, which is pret-ty easy already. That's how easy.

We've made cake rolls before (remember the gluten freeBûche de Noël? how about our gluten free pumpkin cake roll??). There's a little flipping and rolling involved, but good news!

If you're worried that your cake roll is going to crack, I'm here to tell you to worry no more. All you have to do is roll your cake right out of the oven well before you fill it and when it's still quite warm. It creates a “memory” in the cake.

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Let it cool like that completely. Then, fill it and reroll it and voilá (lots of accent marks today—are you impressed yet?)! Perfect cake roll. No cracks.

Some people are visual learners, and some aren't. I honestly have no idea which I am. But I know that I really really enjoy the show-and-tell for cake rolls. It just helps clear out the cobwebs in my brain. Look at that last photo on the right in the step-by-steps just above. That cake

Oh, and your mom called. She said that she'd be perfectly happy with the cake roll without a pattern and doesn't want you to go to any trouble she knows just how busy you are. And complimented you on your uncanny ability to read between the lines of everything. She really loves you!

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For the pattern (optional!) 1/4 cup (35 g) all purpose gluten free flour 1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it) 2 1/2 tablespoons (30 g) sugar 1 egg white (25 g), at room temperature 1 1/2 tablespoons (21 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled Pink gel food coloring For the cake 4 eggs (120 g), separated 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar 6 tablespoons (84 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 to 2 tablespoons warm water 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (88 g)  all purpose gluten free flour (I used Better Batter) 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it) 2 tablespoons (18 g) cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar FILLING 1 tablespoon (7 g) unflavored powdered gelatin 1/4 cup (2 fluid ounces) water 2 cups (16 fluid ounces) heavy whipping cream, chilled 2 tablespoons (14 g) confectioners’ sugar 1 pound fresh strawberries, washed, hulled, dried and roughly choppedHow I conquered my fear of making Gluten Free Swiss Roll. I’ve been to my Mums for many a tea over the years whereshe’s produceda lovely gluten free Swiss Roll. I had always planned to make one myself one day but never quite had the bottle! The whole rolling of a thin sponge scared me, let alone attempting to roll a gluten free sponge.

Well I am thrilled to tell you dear reader that it really isn’t as bad as you think and if you put the following steps in place you will be a master roller in no time – trust me.

Swiss rolls can be made out of a basic vanilla sponge or a Genoise sponge, I favour the latter as it is lighter, feels and looks more luxurious and behaves better when it comes to the rolling.

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I refer to this Genoise sponge in a lot of my recipes, it’s the perfect base sponge for my Best Ever Gluten Free Trifle! or this Best Gluten Free Tiramisu Dessert, birthday cakes, swiss rolls, gateaux….It NEVER fails and is so light and fluffy, no one will suspect it’s free from gluten or milk.

You will also preferably have a cake mixer (it is hard work on the elbows to make a Genoise), a swiss roll cake tin or medium baking tray, greaseproof paper and a clean tea towel – all will be revealed!

Yes you can make this swiss roll dairy free. In fact, a traditional Genoise sponge is already dairy free as no fat is used in the making of the sponge. The swiss roll then becomes dairy free or not depending on the fillings you chose to add.

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Simply put, a Swiss Roll is always a thin sponge based cake that is covered in a sweet filling and rolled. A Roulade is rolled but doesn’t use sponge and can in fact