Spring roll - painted biscuit with strawberries and icing

Preparation steps

• Prepare two bowls. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. First prepare mixture 2, mix well with an electric mixer so that the snow with the other ingredients should become firm, so that "dewdrops" can be created. Set aside.
• Then add sugar to the egg yolks and whisk with an electric mixer. Add the other ingredients for mixture 1 and continue stirring until the mixture turns pale.
• Now add the beaten egg whites to the mixture No. 1 and only mix the two mixtures with a spatula or a wooden spoon, never with an electric mixer.
• Separate 2 tablespoons of the mixture into one small bowl and add a few drops of red paint and mix well. Then separate 1 tablespoon into another small bowl and add the green color and mix. My green was too bright, so make it much darker than the picture. Since extra liquid in the form of paint is added to the biscuit mixture, I would advise you to add a little extra flour to the top of the spoon so that the mixture is not too thin, especially for the flakes. My green mixture was too thin so I couldn’t shape the leaves nicely.
• Add a little oil to a shallow pan and coat. Then cut greaseproof paper of a certain size and place on a coated pan. Press well to stick. Add a little more oil over the paper and coat with a brush or paper towel. My pan measures 30cm x 21cm. The roulade came out 1 cm thick.
• Put the red paint in an icing bag (or a suitable plastic syringe for decorating), cut off the top of the bag about 2mm. Add the red mixture.
• Squeeze the mixture on greased paper in the shape of strawberries, the easiest way is to draw hearts. Since this was my first time, I screwed up a bit, make oblong hearts because they will look more like strawberries than it turned out to me. First make a heart contour and then add the extra mixture to the middle. This takes patience and don't stare :) You can try the first strawberry on a plate. Instead of strawberries try with flowers, I was staring so I only made strawberries even though I wanted a mix of strawberries and flowers.
• When you are done with the red, now add the green mixture to the appropriate icing bags and add the flakes.
• Bake the cheeks in a preheated oven at 170 C for just 1 minute. Be careful, the oven must already be fully heated. Remove and check if the cheekbones have hardened or made a crust on the surface.
• Then add the rest of the mixture over the cheekbones. Add by slowly pouring and moving the mixture bowl from one side of the pan to the other, do not shake everything in the middle at once.
• Then slowly level with a knife, then shake the pan a little left and right so that the mixture is completely flat.
• Put back in the oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes depending on the oven. If you have an oven with a fan, do not use it. I baked my biscuit for 11-12 minutes.
• When done take it out and let it cool a bit for 10 minutes. Now you will need either another flat pan or griddle on which to place a piece of greaseproof paper coated with oil. Fold over the biscuit and turn upside down.
• Now carefully separate the pan from the biscuits. And then slowly peel off the greaseproof paper. Prepare a little melted chocolate or Nutella, and then with the help of a small brush or toothpick add small dots on the cheekbones.
• Lift the biscuit together with the greaseproof paper you added in process 11 and place on the pan in which the biscuit was baked. Repeat the process to turn the biscuit again so that it rests on the cheekbones.
• Prepare a whipped cream. Whip the cream with the sugar, it should be firm. Add to the biscuit.
• Coat the whole biscuit and then flatten with a knife. If you use whole strawberries then stack them one after the other lengthwise.
• At the end that will be in the middle of the roll, add finely chopped strawberries. In the original recipe, strawberries are added whole, I like it more in pieces, but you like it. :)
• Slowly roll the end of the roll with the help of the lower part of the greaseproof paper, do not overpress so that the roll does not crack. Lightly continue to roll with your hands. Turn the roll to sit on the end edge. You can cut the ends of the roll to make it look nicer if you are preparing for guests.
• Instead of the usual icing, add the cream as desired, try some other fruit instead of strawberries. You can place the fruit all over the biscuit not just on one side.
• Here are more ideas from the same blog where I found the strawberry roll: With chocolate as a giraffe design or tiramisu version. The blog is in Malay, so you will need Google Translator, if you need help with translation, get in touch!