Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes

Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes is a dessert recipe ready in 1 h. It makes 6 servings, each 480 kcal with 9 g protein. Intermediate level, 11 ingredients.

Recipe by @anayet_vanille, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 1 htotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 480kcal a serving
  • 9 gprotein
Jump to the recipe
Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes

What is Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes

A thin sponge rolled up with speculoos spread and mascarpone, cut into sections, set in cupcake cases and topped with cream and a strawberry.

How to make Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes

Tips from the cook

  • Whip the whites until stiff and fold them in gently, so the thin sponge stays light.
  • Roll the sponge in the cloth while it is still warm, so it does not crack when you roll it again with the filling.
  • Let it cool fully before unrolling and spreading, or the mascarpone melts.
  • Chill the filled roll briefly before slicing, for neat round sections.
Cook it with the app

Step by step with timers, in your shopping list in one tap.

Get Cookpath

Meal prep and storage

Keeps 2 days in the fridge because of the mascarpone cream.

Prep a few days

See this week’s meal prep plan on the blog, or plan your own week in the app.

Speculoos Sponge Roll Cupcakes substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Eggs1 option
  • Flax egg or aquafaba (baking only) per egg (flax: 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp water; aquafaba 3 tbsp)

    Not in shakshuka, omelette, Caesar.

Speculoos spread2 options
  • Any other cookie spread 1:1

    Still contains gluten.

  • Homemade gluten-free Biscoff-style spread (gluten-free spekulatius biscuits, sugar, cinnamon, oil, flour, milk) 1:1

    Needs GF biscuits; page says the gluten-free original is not sold.

    Still contains dairy.

Mascarpone2 options
  • Full-fat cream cheese loosened with a splash of milk or cream 1:1 by weight

    Slightly tangier.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Plant-based cream cheese (check label) 1:1

    Many are nut- or soy-based; can split when boiled.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

Cook next

Sweets · 5 min · 8 g proteinChocolate Mug Cake Sweets · 5 min · 22 g proteinChocolate Nice Cream Sweets · 25 min · 21 g proteinPeanut Butter Banana Cookies Sweets · 30 min · 10 g proteinBanana Peanut Butter Protein Brownies Sweets · 30 min · 12 g proteinHazelnut Ladyfinger Eclairs Sweets · 30 min · 12 g proteinKunafa Pistachio Dessert Cups