If I had known beforehand how easy and fun these are to make, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now telling you how this is my first time making a cake roll. I guess there is something about cake rolls that unnerved me. I’m not sure if it’s because I question my abilities to be gentle enough to make them look as good as the ones in the pictures, but I often find myself imagining how heartbreaking it would be to ruin such a piece of edible art. What I forgot to think about is how cake rolls are great examples of how bakers play with cake and icing flavour…
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Simple Cinnamon Rolls [a little something for Lala]
I’ve been thinking about what would constitute a perfect cinnamon bun for me. I’ve never been much of a Cinnabon girl, because I find the bread part of their buns a bit too thin, with their filling and glaze just a tad too sweet. I like breads that have a fuller chewy body, not too sugary, not too frilly, and definitely not drowned with glazes or toppings that are too sticky they make a mess when you attempt a bite. To make a long story short, I suppose I’m looking for the kind that you would probably find fresh from a home-baker’s oven. It wasn’t even particularly difficult to find…
