This is a summer time treat, a light and fluffy roulade sponge filled with cream cheese frosting, raspberries and topped with white chocolate and candied pistachios
Preheat oven to 220C and line a 33 x 23cm /13 x 9" baking tray with baking parchment
Using an electric mixer whisk together the eggs and sugar till really light and fluffy and about 3 times their original size, about 5 minutes
Carefully fold in the flour using a metal spoon
Spread the sponge batter on a liked baking tray and bake for approx 10 minutes till just golden
Remove from oven and tip cake out of tin on to a new sheet of baking parchment just a bit bigger than the sponge. Carefully peel away the old baking paper and discard. Using a knife score a line 2cm from short end, just score don't cut through cake. Now using the new paper roll up the sponge and leave on a wire rack to cool completely
Make cream cheese frosting
Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar (split the mixture so you add the raspberries to half of it and leave other half plain) Reserve some raspberries to decorate
Candied pistachios
While cake is baking heat the water and sugar in a small pan and add the roughly crushed pistachios for 5 minutes then remove from the syrup and leave the pistachios to dry on baking parchment
Assembling the roulade
Spread a layer of raspberry jam on the sponge base then a layer of the frosting with raspberries in it. Sprinkle with the finely ground pistachios and carefully roll up and place on a serving platter with seem side down
Melt the white chocolate either in a bain marie (bowl over a pan of simmering water) or in a microwave and pour half into the remaining cream cheese frosting and spread over the top of the roulade.
Place remaining raspberries over the top and sprinkle the candied pistachios all over and drizzle over the remaining melted white chocolate
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