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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Autumn Sunshine Pumpkin Bread
I cannot remember the last time I had Pumpkin Bread. Or to be honest, if I’ve ever had any at all. I know, I know, I’ve been missing out haven’t I? Actually, pureed pumpkin isn’t quite popular locally, and neither are pumpkin pastries. The people here are big on sweet potatoes and bananas in their pastries, mostly. Pumpkin is used only for cooking dishes, most of which involve a little bit of coconut milk. Yum! But when you have thoughts of autumn and Thanksgiving in your mind, happening upon a couple of cans of pumpkin purees reads like a sign. Make pumpkin bread, it said. So I went ahead and made…
