Anyone up for a slice of cake?? Have I ever told you how much I love cake, as in I actually tell people it was my first love. This probably explains a lot, like why I'm a pastry chef, how I consider bakery hopping a legitimate sport and why I was such a chubette as a child... Anyway, so yeah, cake - birthday cake, layer cakes, ice cream cake, cheesecake, mini cakes, cupcakes, bundt cake and then there's cake rolls. Why is it that I always get this nervous look on my face as soon as I even think about making a cake roll? And due to the ...
Espresso Swiss Rolls
Chatting with a musician after a concert a few months ago somehow led to him asking if I could makeover swiss rolls. Random, I know, but that's how this makeover came about. Anyway, I thought it would be a fun project, but for some reason it went to the back of my head with about a million other ideas. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when my mom randomly told me it would be lovely if I made a nice swiss roll. At this point I figured somebody must be trying to tell me something so I finally decided to take a hint & get this ...