Name: How to Make Brazo de Mercedes (Egg Meringue Roll)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 10 eggs (separate yolks from whites); 1 1/4 cup. sugar; 1 tsp. cream of tartar; 3/4 cup condensed milk; 10 egg yolks; 3 Tbsp. butter; 1 tsp. vanilla extract

A meringue cake roll made from egg white and egg yolk on the center and a popular dessert in the Philippines. This dessert resembles a jelly roll where a flat rectangular cake is spread with a layer of jelly and rolled to make a jelly roll. A brazo de mercedes is made from beaten egg whites and cream of tartar then baked. The filling is made from eggs yolks and milk where it is spread on top of the baked egg whites and rolled.

How to Make Brazo de Mercedes (Egg Meringue Roll)

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Filipino

Servings 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

10 eggs separate yolks from whites
1 1/4 cup. sugar
1 tsp. cream of tartar

Ingredients for the filling:

3/4 cup condensed milk
10 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

How to make Brazo de Mercedes

Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until stiff.
Add the sugar gradually and beat until smooth.
Line a jelly roll baking pan with wax paper and grease.
Pour the egg white mixture onto the pan.
Bake at 350 °F oven until brown.
Remove from the oven and invert on a greased wax paper.
Peel off the lower wax paper lining. Set aside and cool.
Make the filling by combining the egg yolks with milk.
Place on the top of a double boiler and whisk until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. Continue whisking and add 1 tablespoon of butter at a time.
Spread on baked egg white. Roll and chill. Good for 4 to 6 persons.

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Comments

Kimmi says
June 30, 2018 at 2:10 pm
How much milk is added to the egg yolks? I know some flavor the yolK filling with vanilla or lemon but would you have an idea of how much?
- admin says
  July 5, 2018 at 7:41 am
  
  Hi Kimmi, 3/4 cup of condensed milk is needed. Lemon extract would be 1 tsp.
Belinda says
July 17, 2021 at 4:07 am
Are you using condensed or sweetened condensed milk for the filling?
- admin says
  July 25, 2021 at 4:33 pm
  
  It’s sweetened condensed milk.