Ribbon Nutella Mango Swiss Roll

So after a long wait, I've finally picked up my Miss Junko Swiss Roll Book 2 to work on another Swiss Roll.  I term it the Ribbon Nutella Mango Swiss Roll. My previous attempt a real long time ago with the Pikachu design was kinda spongy for the design part. I wanted the entire cake to be as soft as possible. Of course, I wanted it to look really pretty. So I was bored enough from the warm weather (it's been insane of late here nowadays!) and since I had the evening free (rare moments), I decided to bake this very ribbon design that I've been eyeing. I choose Nutella and fresh mango cubes as they were just about the only stuff I have on hand right now. 

This is the Pikachu one I did probably a year or two ago. I should recreate it and make it real soft like what I did to the Ribbon Nutella Mango Swiss Roll. 

This Swiss Roll recipe is indeed really soft, softer than I had imagined. Of course, measures have to be taken to let it be that soft and to maintain its level of moisture. I've had experiences baking soft Swiss Rolls like those for the Yule Logs I did last Christmas, but truth be told, this recipe is even softer and it is a keeper for me. 

I termed this recipe as a difficulty level 4 as precision is required. Exact portions are required for each step to work so if you're afraid of a lil' precision and hard work for such a pretty swiss roll, I'd suggest you look else where. But trust me, the product is worth the hard work (: This recipe also requires your full attention as meringue is being used. Please do not work on the recipe halfway and attend to other matters, the meringue will deflate and turn watery with time. Then, the recipe will not be successful. 

Nutella Tart

This Nutella Tart is just THEBOMB. This is best eaten chilled and I can't understand why I didn't bake it any earlier. This is pretty simple to bake and can be the tart can be baked in advance.. Alternatively, if you're lazy enough, buy a store-bought shortcrust pastry (: This recipe yields 2 5" Nutella Tarts. The reason why I made such a 'huge' quantity is that 1 portion of shortcrust pastry maybe too tough to work with as it is very small in quantity. You may want to halve the recipe and just bake one tart.. but since it's gonna be so good, why not 2? (:

Nutella Tart Recipe

This recipe yields 2 5" tarts

Ingredients:

125g cake flour

1 egg

38g icing sugar

63g salted butter (room temp)

240g nutella

1000g whipping cream for nutella cream

25g whipping cream for topping

 

Nemo Tayaki

I bought this Tayaki maker after being inspired by many of the MM members! (:

This pan is merely 20 bucks and the product is really tasty with the Morinaga pancake mix, both from Isetan Scotts. This recipe took less than 30 minutes to prepare 4 tayakis (:

The pancake mix was from Isetan's supermarket at Scotts, 4 packets, 150g each for $6.30.

Nemo Tayaki Recipe

Ingredients:

1 packet Morinaga Pancake Mix (150g)

1 egg

100ml lukewarm water

Kaya

Nutella

Peanut Butter

Some oil for greasing pan

Piping bag

Wilton gel orange colouring