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Brazo de reina
Brazo de reina: Chilean sponge roll filled with manjar
The 'queen's arm' sits in the glass cabinet of every Chilean bakery: a light sponge rolled around a thick layer of manjar (Chilean dulce de leche) and dusted with icing sugar. At home it is the cake for a birthday tea or an unexpected visitor, because it bakes in 10 minutes. The common mistake is overbaking: a dry sponge cracks as you roll it. Take it out the moment it springs back. Chef's tip: roll the sponge up in a sugared tea towel while it is still hot and let it cool that way; it remembers the shape and won't crack when you fill it.
- Total time
- 35 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
- 4 eggsat room temperature
- 4 oz sugarplus 2 tbsp for the towel
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 ½ oz plain floursifted
- 14 oz manjar (dulce de leche)
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 400°F (350°F fan) and line a 25 × 35 cm swiss-roll tin with baking paper.
Step 2: Whisk 4 eggs, 4 oz sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract with an electric mixer until very thick, pale and tripled in volume; a ribbon of mixture should sit on the surface for 3 seconds.
8 minStep 3: Fold in 3 ½ oz plain flour in two additions with a large metal spoon, gently, until no streaks remain. Spread evenly in the tin.
Step 4: Bake until golden and springy when pressed lightly in the middle.
9 minStep 5: Turn out at once onto a tea towel sprinkled with sugar, peel off the paper and roll up from a short side with the towel inside. Leave to cool rolled.
25 minStep 6: Unroll, spread with 14 oz manjar (dulce de leche), leaving 1 cm clear at the far edge, and roll up again without the towel. Set seam-side down, dust with 2 tbsp icing sugar and slice.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 56 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does brazo de reina take?
- About 35 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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