Banana and Cream Cheese Swiss Roll | Erica Robbin
Creamy and delicious!
I love making swiss rolls. They just add a bit of fun, elegance, and unique interest to the traditional cake. This particular recipe is light, creamy, and delicious. I like to add walnuts for a bit of nutty flavor and texture.
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Ingredients
- BANANA AND CREAM CHEESE SWISS ROLL:
- 2 ripe bananas, smashed
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ginger, freshly grated (1 teaspoon ground ginger)
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- Powdered sugar (for rolling if not using parchment lined pan) BANANA AND CREAM CHEESE SWISS ROLL FILLING:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese, room temperature
Directions
- BANANA AND CREAM CHEESE SWISS ROLL:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 C).
- Mix together bananas, eggs, and sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and add to wet mixture.
- Stir in citrus juice and vanilla.
- Spread batter onto 9×13 inch parchment lined or greased baking sheet.
- Sprinkle nuts over top.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until just done (do not over bake as a dry cake will be difficult to roll).
- While cake is warm, either roll with parchment paper in place or place cake with walnut side down onto tea towel generously sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- Allow rolled cake to cool completely with seam side down.
- Whip heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks, set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whip cream cheese until smooth.
- In batches, add whipped cream to cream cheese and mix until creamy.
- Carefully unroll cake.
- Smooth filling over top and reroll.
- Garnish as desired.
BANANA AND CREAM CHEESE SWISS ROLL FILLING:
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