04, 2024
We love pretty spiraled cake rolls, but they can seem pretty daunting to make.
We love a good cake roll.
Its an impressive dessert without all the fuss of a layer cake.
(it’s possible for you to find all ofour best cake roll recipes here.)
The good news here is that getting that beautiful swirl in your cake roll isnt hard to do.
You just have to act quick and train your cake.
Lets walk you through the process step by step.
Then gradually beat in your sugar until the mix is thick and lemon-colored.
We used additional wet ingredients like pumpkin and lemon to flavor this recipe.
Next, fold in your dry ingredients like flour, spices, baking powder and salt.
This will help give your cake a light, airy texture.
If you need a refresh on folding, check out our tutorial.
Get your bake on
Once youve made your batter, youll need to get your pan ready.
Grease a 15x10x1-inch baking pan and line it with greased and floured parchment paper.
Then spread your batter into the pan.
Sprinkle the batter with any toppings you prefer.
We chose finely chopped walnuts that help give the recipe a little extra crunch.
Then pop this into the oven to bake.
Peel off the parchment paper.
Allow the cake to cool completely.
This will help train the cake to roll up nicely later once its filled.
This pumpkin recipe calls for a rich cream cheese filling.
you’ve got the option to mix up pretty quickly.
you’re free to also try one of our otherfavorite homemade frosting recipes.
Once the cake has cooled completely, gently unroll it.
The easiest way to frost: an offset spatulawe use this jot down from Wilton.
Time to roll it up (again)
Are you ready for this next part?
Roll your cake at the same short end you started with before.
Then keep rolling the cake up into a spiral.
you’re able to use the dishtowel to help the process.
In fact, using the dish towel will help keep the outside of your cake roll unblemished.
Keep rolling until you reach the very end.
Youve got the hard part done.
Want to take it to the next level?
Serve it with some ice cream orhomemade whipped cream.
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