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The BFG's Snozzcumber Swiss roll

Don’t worry, this tastes like a BFG (big, fabulous gateau) and not the vile vegetable in the book!

Don’t worry, this tastes like a BFG (big, fabulous gateau) and not the vile vegetable in the book!

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Cooking Time

Cook: 50 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 12

Cooking Time

Price: 44p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 75g serving contains

Energy
1188kj
284kcal
14%
Fat
12.8g
Med
18%
Saturates
6.5g
Med
33%
Sugars
30.0g
High
33%
Salt
0.15g
Low
3%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1584kj/379kcal

Ingredients

135g pack lime jelly

11⁄2 x 400g tubs Chosen by you Vanilla Flavour Frosting

1 tube Dr. Oetker Lime Green Gel Food Colour

1 x Baker’s Selection Jumbo Strawberry Swiss Roll

1tbsp pumpkin seeds

50g pack blue Asda Mini Marti Mushrooms

Method

1
Cube the jelly and put in a a measuring jug. Pour over boiling water to 300ml. Let the jelly dissolve. Stir, pour onto a deep plate, cool for 10 mins, then chill in the fridge for 20 mins or until softly set.
2
Meanwhile, put the frosting into a large bowl. Mix in 2-3 drops of colour, until pale green. Spoon one third into another bowl and colour it a deeper shade of green.
3
Trim the ends of the Swiss roll into a cucumber shape. Put on a plate and cover with the pale frosting. Spoon stripes of the deeper green frosting along it, then smooth with a round-bladed knife.
4
Make peaks in the icing with the tip of a knife and add half the pumpkin seeds as spikes.
5
Spoon jelly around the cake. Scatter with the rest of the seeds and candy mushrooms.

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