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Retro arctic roll

Ingredients

For the sponge:

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3 large free-range eggs

100 g golden caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling

75 g plain flour

a few knos of utter, for greasing

1 heaped teaspoon cocoa powder

For the filling:

! x 500 "l tus of good-#ualit$ ice crea", %anilla and chocolate

300 g good-#ualit$ strawerr$ or rasperr$ &a"

1 'runchie or (i"e ar or a ag of )altesers, ashed up

*o ser%e:

!00 g fresh erries

&uice of + a le"on

ptional:

edile flowers

)ethod

In the 0s and 70s, ha%ing a fro.en dessert $ou could ser%e at a"o"ent/s notice was the posh thing to do *he si"ple utglorious arctic roll started popping up e%er$where, fro"restaurants to school and hospital "enus %entuall$ it eca"eseen as so"ething a it naff and tack$, ut I think s"earing aho"e-"ade sponge with #ualit$ &a", good ice crea" and a littleashed-up hone$co" is eas$, fun, and &ust a it sill$ Roll it up,

free.e it for a few hours, and $ou/ll get sweet and sour, crunchand softness, all in one "outhful 2ea%en

reheat the o%en to 140'6350F6gas )o%e the ice crea" tothe fridge so it starts to soften 'rack the eggs into a "ixingowl, add the sugar, and whisk until pale, fluff$ and at least

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douled in si.e 8ou can do this with an electric "ixer, or $hand if $ou/%e got the "uscle nce it/s looking good, sift in theflour and slowl$ fold it through with a spatula 9rease a akingtra$ roughl$ ! x 3c"; with utter, then line it with greaseproof

paper and grease that too

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thaws enough to slice =nwrap $our arctic roll, take a slice outof each end to expose the fro.en insides, and ser%e with freshsu""er fruits tossed in le"on &uice and a pinch of sugar, or an$edile flowers if $ou ha%e the"