wedding refreshments

We have managed to make 25 cake rolls this last month.  We are serving a delicious cake roll with strawberry cream cheese filling.  They are easy to make and freeze well, don't require lots of extra pans and are loved by all.  I have six tea towels so we made 6 batches at a session.  Not bad.

Natalie's wedding cake roll

in one bowl combine and whisk until thick and creamy

6 egg yolks 

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

in the mixer combine

6 egg white

1/2 cup sugar

beat until thick combine into bowl of yolks.

Sift together

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Combine all together, gently and spread in a pan lined with parchment and sprayed with oil.  Bake at 375 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until golden.

Generously sprinkle a tea towel with powdered sugar. When cake is finished baking, dump on tea towel

Then peel off parchment paper

 and roll up with towel.  Then refrigerate.

Strawberry Filling

2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

3 Tb. strawberry jam

8 oz. cream cheese

1 tsp. vanilla

Cream all ingredients together.

Unroll cake and towel.  Spread with filling and then roll up without the towel.  Wrap in plastic wrap and foil.  Then refrigerate or in my case freeze.  I doubled the wraps to protect the cake in the freezer.  I placed them in the freezer on a cookie sheet until frozen and then piled them up.  We will serve from the deep freeze in the garage. 

 It should be very simple and tasty.  We are also serving lemon water.  Yes just lemon floating in the water.  No sweetened surprises.  We  plan for 12 to 14 slices per cake roll.