Swiss roll

Name: Swiss roll
Ingredients: 150 g sugar; 150 g butter, softened; 3 eggs; 150 g plain flour; 1½ tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp potato starch (or cornflour)

From: Guðjóna

Ingredients

150 g sugar5½ oz sugar
150 g butter, softened5½ oz butter, softened
3 eggs
150 g plain flour5½ oz plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
3 tbsp potato starch (or cornflour)

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray (about 30 cm × 40 cm) with baking paper.Heat the oven to 400 °F. Line a baking tray (about 12 in × 16 in) with baking paper.
Beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
Sift the flour, potato starch and baking powder together and fold them in gently.
Spread the batter thinly and evenly over the paper and bake for about 8–10 minutes, until light golden and springy to the touch.
Turn the cake straight out onto a sheet of baking paper sprinkled with sugar and peel off the lining paper.
Spread with jam (or a filling of your choice) and roll the cake up while it is still warm.

As she wrote it

Rúlluterta

(Guðjóna)

150gr. sykur — 150gr. smjör 3egg — 150gr. hveiti — 1 1/2 tsk. lyftd. 3msk. kart. mjöl.