This cake roll is so soft and airy, melts in your mouth with a perfect creamy and buttery taste. Poppy seed filling is the real reason why the taste is so special and rich. Roulade is easier to prepare than you might think, yeasted dough is filled with a sweet poppy seed spread and rolled for baking. The ratio is such that there’s not only a hint of poppy seeds, it is filled generously.
Ingredients:
500 g plain flour
1 packet dry yeast
2.5 dl milk
2 egg yolks
50 g melted butter
100 g sugar
1 vanilla sugar
salt
400 g poppy seed
120 g sugar
2.5 dl milk
1 vanilla sugar
2 egg whites
1 egg for coating
1. First combine dry ingredients (flour, yeast, sugar, salt) and then start to knead the dough adding milk, egg yolks and melted butter.
2. When dough is done, cover it using plastic wrap and set aside for 1 hour.
3. Whisk sugar, vanilla sugar and egg whites until smooth. Blend in poppy seed and milk.
4. Roll out the dough onto floured surface into long rectangle. Spread the poppy seed filling and roll the rectangle up. Tuck ends together and half cut the slices all around. Rest the roulade for 20 minutes. Coat with beaten egg.
5. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes or until golden brown.