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Sift the cake flour once and set it aside.
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Preheat the oven to 170C.
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Beat the whole eggs and yolks together.
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In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter until it bubbles.
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Add the sifted cake flour all at once.
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Over medium heat, mix the butter and flour well.
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Continue heating until the mixture becomes satiny and starts to thicken.
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(Do not scorch).
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Remove from the heat.
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Pour the egg mixture 1/3 at a time stirring well each time using an electric mixer at high speed.
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Microwave the milk to the point that steam starts to come out.
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Pour it into Step 4 and combine well.
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Add about 10 drops of vanilla oil.
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In a bowl, beat the egg white with an electric mixer at high speed.
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When the egg white starts to cling to the whisk, add half of the granulated sugar and beat more.
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Beat until soft peaks form, add the remaining sugar and make it into a meringue.
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Add 1/3 of meringue into the bowl from Step 5, combine well with electric mixer.
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Add the remaining meringue 1/3 at a time.
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Stop beating when the meringue starts to form fine lines.
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Gently mix the meringue.
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Do not over-beat (I forgot to take a photo) .
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Pour the batter into a parchment paper lined baking pan.
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Smooth the surface of the batter.
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Bake in 170C oven for about 12 minutes.
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When the baking is done, cover the pan with plastic wrap until cool.
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When it's completely cooled down, slice off one of the edges diagonally about 1cm from its end.
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Place the cake onto a sheet of a paper so that the sliced end will be the outer most part of the cake.
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Spread your favorite filling on top (the closer edge should have a thicker layer of filling and gradually lessen the amount to spread).
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Start rolling by tucking the edge tightly into the center, creating the core of the roll.
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Hold onto the rolling paper, roll it up all at once by pulling the paper diagonally ahead of you.
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Cover it with plastic leaving the rolling paper on.
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Let it cool completely in a refrigerator.
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The filling of the main photo is diplomat cream which is a mixture of custard cream and whipped cream.
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The photo here has whipped cream only.
