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The best, easiest, color, and flavorful Mint Christmas Cake Roll ever
Mint Christmas Cake Roll
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Assembling and Set Time: 55 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup of vegetable oil
- 1 box (425g) Gluten Free Betty Crocker White Cake Mix
- ¼ cup of water
- 1 tsp Wilton Christmas Red as well as 1 tsp Christmas Green Icing Colour – I could not get Christmas Green, so used Juniper Green)
- ½ tsp Peppermint/Mint extract
For the Icing
- 1 x 340g tin Betty Crocker Whipped Vanilla Frosting
- ¾ tsp Peppermint/Mint extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
Line a 10”x15” flat baking tray, or if you have a larger one, so much the better, with parchment paper.
Beat eggs in a stand mixer until light in color and extremely frothy, a minimum of 5 minutes.
Add sour cream, water, oil, and cake mix.
Also, add ½ tsp Mint extract to the batter.
Continue to mix on low speed until combined. Gently scrape down the sides with a spatula.
Divide the batter into three equal portions. I used a measuring cup to ensure that I divide it equally.
Add red Icing coloring to one bowl and green to another.
Place 3 large piping bags in 3 tall glasses and then scoop each of the mixtures into a separate bag.
Get your pan ready and only then snip a small opening at each tip of the piping bags.
At this point you need to pipe alternating batters as follows:
1 x vanilla, then 1 x red, 1 x vanilla, and then 1 x green, 1 x vanilla and proceed with the lines diagonally across the pan.
I used a larger pan, and still had some remaining batter and used that for mini cupcakes.
Slightly tap the pan, once or twice on the counter, to pop any large air bubbles.
Bake in 180C (350F) heated oven for 7-8 minutes until cake is spongy and bounce back when touched.
How to assemble your Mint Christmas Cake Roll
By this time, you will already set out a dish towel covered with parchment paper, the same size as used in the pan.
I prefer to have one on the towel, as the color of the cake can be rather messy on the towel and may be difficult to wash out.
While the cake is still hot (not piping hot), carefully flip the cake onto the parchment-covered dish towel and roll it up tightly but be gentle. Set aside the rolled-up cake to cool for approximately 40 minutes.
Once cold, gently unroll the cake and liberally spread it with the whipped Vanilla Frosting in which you already mixed ¾ tsp of Peppermint/Mint extract, but leave a ½” with no frosting at the end of the roll. Now roll it up, like a jelly roll, evenly and as tight as you can.
Place it in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
Slice and enjoy with a steaming cup of coffee or tea and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 2753
- Sugar: 250
- Sodium: 1328
- Fat: 160
- Saturated Fat: 32
- Unsaturated Fat: 118
- Trans Fat: 2
- Carbohydrates: 286
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 43
- Cholesterol: 1151
What an eye-catching and colorful Swiss roll for the Christmas and holiday season. I flavored this one with Peppermint/Mint extract and some cream filling.
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That looks amazing, Esme! So Christmasy!
Thank you so much, Pam. We did not make it this year, as we just finished all our Christmas baking yesterday and decided to make small treats and cookies. It’s a Christmas Tradition (our daughter and I) that has a full day of baking each year. We did that yesterday and baked for 6 hours and made and baked 6 different treats. It’s so awesome to do this yearly, so much fun.
This looks so yummy, and super festive! We will have to give it a try.
Dear Heather – Thanks for your comment. I hope you do get time to make it and please let me know what you think.
This looks gorgeous!
HI Cherie – Thanks so much, you should try it, I love the min flavor in it, just my own twist to the traditional swiss roll
Looks so festive! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop
Thank you, Roseann – I love testing especially with GF baking
Yum, and gluten-free, too!
Thank you, Robbie – I mostly bake GF myself although I share all other recipes from my FB Recipe group members.