Rollo Rojo also known as Liberal is a traditional Colombian desert. It's basically a cake roll stuffed with guava jelly.
Rollo Rojo de Guayaba (Colombian Red Roll Cake with Guava)
Ingredients
- 4 eggs separated
- ½ cup sugar + 2 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup all purpose flour sifted
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- red food color
- 1 cup guava jam or jelly
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a baking sheet. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper and butter the parchment paper, then brush with red food color all over. Set aside and lay a clean kitchen towel on a work surface and dust with sugar.
- With an electric mixer, beat egg whites in a bowl until stiff and set aside. In another bowl, beat the egg yolks until pale. Gradually add the sugar and vanilla extract.
- In another bowl sift together the flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture and mix well.
- Fold in the egg whites into the flour-egg mixture.
- Spread the batter evenly over the colored parchment paper.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until the cake is golden.
- Run a table knife around the edges of the cake and invert the cake onto the prepared kitchen towel. Carefully peel off the parchment paper. Starting at the narrow end, roll up the cake and towel together, into a log. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Unroll the cake and remove the towel, spread the jam over the cake. Roll up the cake and transfer, seam side down, to a serving plate. Sprinkle more sugar and when ready to serve, cut the roll into thick slices and arrange on a platter.
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Rollo Rojo de Guayaba or Liberales is a classic traditional Colombian roll cake. It is basically a sponge cake filled with guava jam. This is a popular dessert all over the country and can be found in most Colombian bakeries. I enjoy making my own traditional Colombian baked goods at home. Considering that there are no Colombian bakeries even remotely close to me, I don't have much choice 🙂 This is one of those desserts that bring back my childhood memories, and I am happy to share it with you.
We have different variations of roll cakes in Colombia, such as Pionono and Brazo de Reina. Pionono is usually filled with dulce de leche and Brazo de Reina is filled with cream and fresh strawberries.
This Rollo Rojo de Guayaba or Liberales is one of my childhood favorites.Yes I know, I have many favorites...what can I say, I love Colombian food!
Don't you just love that beautiful red color? This Rollo Rojo de Guayaba is the perfect treat for Valentine's Day!
Buen Provecho!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Very moist and lovely! I would love to taste the guava jam.
lisaiscooking
It's such a pretty cake, and the guava filling sounds delicious! I'd love to sample some Columbian cakes.
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grace
this is so lovely, erica! my goodness, the cake looks moist, and then that glorious guava jam is in there to make it even more amazing!
Barbara Schechter
Yum, agreed with lisaiscooking, that is a very lovely looking cake. It sounds equally delicious - especially the Guava Jam which sounds very unique. I can't wait to give this one a try!
Karen
This is so yummy! It brings back childhood memories for me as well... Thanks for the recipe.
Maria Carolina
Hi,I didn't understand so well how you make the colored parchment paper...you put the guyaba right in the beggining or after in the cake?
evelyn lopez
I would like to know how much red food coloring do I use a Tablespoon or more i plan to bake this over weekend .thank you love your website!
Erica Dinho
You need to cover the all paper with red food coloring. (About 1 tablespoon or more if needed it)
Anonymous
No entiendo el proceso de enredar el bizcocho “con la to halla”
Aefi iguaran
Gracias muchas gracias estoy loco por probar esta version del pionono con solo verlo se que ya es bueno
Shirley Kempf
Me gustaría ver un vídeo de cómo pintar el rollo de rojo.
mariposita
y donde se consigue el guava jam?
Linda Flescher
I would love to make this! I have guava paste in the fridge, could I use it in place of the jam? Maybe cut in slivers? Thanks, Linda
Erica Dinho
It's very hard to spread it. Maybe if you add a little bit of water to the paste and place it on the stove until you get a soft texture.
Linda Flescher
Thanks, I will try that, maybe mixed with some of my apple cranberry jelly.
Linda Flescher
Well, Erica, this will be a wonderful recipe when I remember to take the parchment off before I roll it up! That’s what happens when I do too many things at once. The guava paste melted with a little water and a little jelly was great. The cake tastes delicious, light and fluffy. But boy did I make a mess! It will be eaten for sure. Thanks, Linda
Katerina Flores
My friend brought me back something like this that is delicious but has a very yeasty flavor and scent. I love yeast. How can I make it with yeast. Is there another recipe? Thanks us advance for answering my questions.