This Easter Cake Roll recipe is perfect for any spring or Easter gathering. It's a delicious combination of colorful cake, creamy cream cheese filling, and festive decorations that are sure to impress your guests. It's the perfect Easter cake to make for your holiday parties.
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❤️ Why this recipe works
- Our Easter cake roll takes a bit of effort to make, but the end result is worth it!
- The colorful spring roll cake has layers of blue, pink, and green in every slice.
- This easy Easter cake roll with a creamy cream cheese filling adds flavor and texture that'll make your mouth water.
🔪 Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients
- large egg whites
- lemon juice
- Kosher salt
- granulated white sugar
- cake flour
- pastel gel food coloring
- non-stick baking spray
Cream Cheese Frosting
- cream cheese
- unsalted butter
- confectioners' sugar
- pure vanilla extract
- confectioners' sugar
🍲 Equipment
- 13" x 18" baking pan
- Parchment Paper
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups
⭐ How to store, reheat, and freeze
Storage - Once the cake is rolled and cooled, store it in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Freezer - The cake can be frozen for up to 3 months. To freeze, wrap the cake tightly in plastic wrap and then place it in an airtight container or a freezer-safe bag.
💭 Expert Tips
Expert Tip: Don't skip the parchment paper. It makes it so easy to over the cake layer without it breaking.
📋 Frequently Asked Questions
It can be called many things , depending on the country and region. In the United States, it's typically called a spring roll cake or cake roll or sometimes called a swiss roll.
Pastel gel food coloring is best. This will give you more vibrant colors in your cake layer, as opposed to liquid food coloring, which can make the cake batter too thin.
You should roll the cake when it is still warm and pliable. This will help prevent cracks in the cake, so you'll have a perfectly rolled cake with no tears or breaks.
📖 Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe? Here are some ways that you increase the flavor of this dish.
- Use zest and juice from different fruits to add flavor to the cake batter.
- Substitute cream cheese frosting with marshmallow fluff or Nutella filling.
- Decorate the cake roll with sprinkles, mini eggs, or small Easter decorations.
- Top the cake roll with different kinds of frostings, like chocolate or strawberry.
- Add a layer of fresh fruit before rolling the cake for extra flavor and texture.
🥗 Serving Suggestions
The ham is always the star or your Easter dinner table. And, this Baked Honey Glazed Ham is my favorite recipe to make for holidays.
You can't have a holiday meal without sides. This Chick Fil A Mac and Cheese is creamy, cheesy and a perfect side dish to complement your Easter feast.
And, to top of your meal with something green, even these Cheesy Green Beans a place on your holiday table. This simple recipe is a great way to get your picky eaters to enjoy eating their vegetables.
🍽 Similar recipes
If you love easter dessert recipes like this pastel cake roll, then you will want to give these Cross Sugar Cookies a try. They are sweet, beautifully decorated, and will look great on your dessert table.
You can't have Easter desserts without coconut, and one of the easiest coconut desserts to make are these Coconut Macaroon Cookies.
These Bunny Sugar Cookies are so cute and delicious. These are always a hit with the kids!
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the recipe. The full instructions are below in the recipe card.
Step 1: Beat the egg whites, lemon juice, and salt until foamy. Whisk in the sugar. Continue to beat until the mixture forms soft peaks.
Step 2: Fold in the cake flour until combined and smooth.
Step 3: Divide the cake batter into 4 bowls and mix in a few drops of each pastel food color to get a nice vibrant shade. Add more if needed.
Step 4: Drop dollops of each batter onto the parchment paper. Use a flat spatula to spread evenly
Step 5: Bake for 12 minutes or until it springs back at you!
Step 6: Cool for 5 minutes before flipping the pan over onto another sheet of parchment paper.
Step 7: Tightly roll the cake into a spiral.
Step 8: Place into the fridge and allow to cool for a few hours.
Step 9: Using the standing mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until combined and smooth to make the frosting.
Step 10: Frost the cake, then dust in powdered sugar when ready to serve.
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📖 Recipe
Pastel Easter Cake Roll
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Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 6 large egg whites room temperature
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ¼ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup cake flour
- 1 Tablespoon cake flour in addition to the ½ cup of cake flour
- pastel gel food coloring
- non-stick baking spray
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- confectioners' sugar for dusting the cake
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F, spray a 13" x 18" baking pan with baking spray, and line the pan with parchment paper.
- Using a standing mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites, lemon juice, and salt until foamy.
- Gradually whisk in the sugar. Continue to beat until the mixture forms soft peaks.
- Gently fold in ½ cup plus 1 Tablespoon cake flour until combined and smooth.
- Divide the cake batter into 4 bowls and mix in a few drops of each of pastel food color to get a nice vibrant shade.
- Mix in a few more drops to get the shade that you prefer.
- Alternate between all 4 colors and drop dollops of each batter onto the parchment paper.
- Use a flat spatula to spread evenly
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes or until it springs back at you!
- Remove and let the cake cool for 5 minutes before flipping the pan over onto another sheet of parchment paper.
- Remove the top layer of parchment paper and tightly roll the cake into a spiral.
- Place into the fridge and allow to cool for at least 4 hours. Using the standing mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until combined and smooth
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Using the standing mixer, with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until combined and smooth. Set aside until ready to frost.
- Once the cake is chilled enough, carefully unroll the cake and then frost the entire top of the cake with the cream cheese frosting. Be sure ro make sure to spread the frosting evenly. When ready to serve, dust the entire cake in powdered sugarEnjoy!
- Be sure to spread the frosting evenly.
- When ready to serve, dust the entire cake in powdered sugar.
- Slice and serve.
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