Almond strawberry roulade

Ingredients:-

* 3 eggs
* 1/4 cup caster sugar
* 2 1/2 tablespoons plain flour, sifted
* 250g strawberries, hulled, chopped
* 1/4 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
* 250g mascarpone cheese
* 2 tablespoons flaked almonds, toasted
* pure icing sugar, to serve

Method

1. Preheat oven to 250C. Grase a 25cmx20cm swiss roll pan. Line with baking paper. Dust lightly with flour.

2. Using an electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar together for 5 minutes or until thick and creamy. Using a large metal spoon, fold flour into egg mixture until just combined. Spread mixture over prepared pan. Smooth surface. Bake for 5 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

3. Turn sponge onto a sheet of baking paper. Carefully peel away baking paper lining. Allow to cool. Mash strawberries roughly with a fork. Add icing sugar and stir to combine. Fold strawberry mixture into mascarpone. Spread mixture over sponge. leaving a 1cm border. Using baking paper as a guide. roll up sponge from short end to enclose filling.

4. Place sponge, seam side down. on a plate. Top with almonds. Dust with icing sugar serve.