Funny 1950’s jelly roll story: My mum’s next door neighbour and close friend loved Mum’s jelly rolls (Mum often used a lemon filling, I think it was Sheriff brand) and wanted to make one. A day after giving her friend her recipe, Mum received a phone call from next door. Her friend was shrieking…”It’s running everywhere into the oven! I followed your directions!!! Help!” Mum ran next door and instantly saw the problem. Her friend used a cookie sheet like the recipe said but hers was OPEN on 3 sides!!!! Mum always used a cookie sheet with short sides. Her silly friend didn’t think of the very runny batter running over the edges. She said it was an awful mess.
To fold, start in the middle, scrape the bottom of the bowl up the sides back to the center, a circular motion, toward your body. At the same time rotate the bowl in a circle., do not stir, stirring deflates the volume you just beat into the egg whites.
Yum! If you want tips for next time, beat the egg whites a bit longer, fold in the thicker mixture in a little at a time, use a rimmed cookie sheet to bake it, it should be thinner, and bake the cake for a little less time. And you roll your cake how ever you want!! Lol
It looks delicious, I think the only thing is the cake was just a tad over cooked. But Bravo to you for the effort and the nostalgia, love jelly rolls.
Here's a tip for baking with egg whites: take one third of the already beatten whites and add them to the densest mix to lighten it up. Then pour the dense mix into the remaining whites and gently fold it in. It doesn't matter what the recipe says, that's the correct technique. Happy 4th of July!!!
I am laughing. Despite all the cracks, it's cute and I imagine it was tasty. My Aunt Carole taught me how to make jelly rolls and pumpkin rolls 20 years ago. Her's were perfect & never cracked because she baked at a lower temp and pulled them out sooner. She is in heaven now, but her daughter, granddaughters and nieces are all still making her signature jelly rolls and remembering her fondly. 🙂
My parents married in 1951. That year, my dad made my mom an angel food cake. He was in the kitchen a while and then came out to her and said, "for the life of me, I cannot figure out how you fold a cake!" The directions you had were a bit confusing, you did a good job. I haven't made a jelly roll in many years. I think we put a pudding type mixture on it- lemon or chocolate. You brought back fun memories. I LOVE your cooking/baking videos!!
I love that you are not afraid to try the recipe, and to show the process, even if mistakes are made. How it tastes, is the important thing, and you definitely seemed to enjoy this. Thank you for taking on the Jelly Roll challenge! 💖
I have made jelly rolls/Swiss rolls with my grand daughters. If you flip the pan onto the powdered sugar coated tea towel, then lift off the pan, peel off parchment paper and add another dusting of powdered sugar before you roll, making sure you actually incorporate the tea towel into the roll then you won’t get cracks on the outside of your cake. 😁
I love watching your cookery videos. It's interesting to see a vintage recipe come to life. The cake you made looks like a cake that we have here in England called a "Swiss Roll". They were usually served at birthday parties when I was a child. You can still buy them in the supermarket. I think they can be plain with jam in the middle, or jam and buttercream, or a chocolate flavoured sponge, with the buttercream filling. 😁
I've made one before, usually a pumpkin one with cream cheese filling. Another would be with Almond paste canned filling. OOOOOOHH YEA! So many ways to personalize. Love your cooking vid's. Love your channel
I make a pumpkin roll ever year for my daughter. They just take practice. And some of your commenters have good suggestions. I make Julia Child’s recipe for Yule logs too. You looked so cute in the video too. Thanks for keeping me entertained.
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I think you can roll them also - how you did it first- they’re definitely delicious with a white cream filling also 🌟 Laci - order a oven thermometer for your oven - they just hang in there- then you’ll know exactly what it’s baking at and you can adjust your temp - they’re so easy - and everything comes out just perfect 🌟
Nice tan ! The cakes are a little over baked. The important thing is you realize your errors, and it still turned out good. Reading thru the comments I see you already have the good advice such as: You needed to use a jelly roll pan (a.k.a a cookie sheet with sides), whip the egg whites longer, practice the proper technique for folding, keep an eye on the baking time, read over the directions well before making. Very cute ! I love vintage cook books. tfs 🥰💐🌵🌷🌸🌼🌞🏜️💗🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🥰💐🌵🌷🌸🌼🌞🏜️💗🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Hi Llama Llama from Australia! I moved - and thanks to my mother's inheritance from my grandparents' house - and bought a small 3 bedroom unit that is 3 years older than me (eep!) back in March 2021. I am going to try and remodel it to suit the mid-century Mod aesthetic and the modern Smeg 50s style range of appliances and some replica Modernist furniture!
I just started collecting vintage Pyrex (my first pieces being the complete primary mixing bowl set!) and seeing you use your pieces was so exciting!! Lovely video Xx
I can't cook or bake to save my life but I watch a lot of cooking shows. I think the eggs really needed to be whipped up even more, you want a ton of air in them to make the cake very light and springy. The cake might have also been overbaked because of the cracks forming. However roll cakes are incredibly tricky...even professional bakers sometimes have issues with them, so it just takes a lot of practice to get right.
in the UK we would call this a jam roly poly or a similar recipe would be a swiss roll or if it was christmas and chocolate sponge with cream in the middle with chocolate ganache (or melted chocolate, it would be called a christmas log
This was so much fun to watch! I reminded me of watching one of my kids cook. Not saying your a kid but you are an age in line with my own kids. Great job and remember that there is NEVER a wrong way to do desert.
I make pumpkin rolls. I took over after my mom couldn't do it anymore. It does take practice. They always want to crack. I use a high side cookie sheet and it makes the edges softer. But yours looked great. I put cream cheese with powder sugar as a filling.😺
These recipes are actually quite old. A lot of homes didn’t have mixers or even electric stoves when these were originally made. They would have used wood stoves in the old days. In one place I rented in the early 90s, I had a small oil stove that was for cooking and heating the house. Note: Jelly roll pan is actually one of the deeper/longer cookie sheets. I watched a video on RU-vid and they showed to bake it a minute or so less than recipes state. 😉. You did it the same way I would have to begin with. These look great! 😊😊. I just bought of another filling, vanilla pudding with pieces of fruits spread out on cake
A+++ for effort! My mother used to make jelly rolls all the time and I dearly loved them. You have inspired me to try one, I have never made one and I hope it turns out at least as well as yours. I do think using a pan designed for a jelly roll and not lasagna would help with the actual baking process.
That looks good 🙂. I was thinking that it really worked better the first way you rolled it too. The cream was a perfect addition & right before you added it, I was thinking “it needs cream “ 😁. I like your idea also, of adding cream cheese layers with the jelly as well. It’s always such a treat to watch you making vintage food recipes. See you soon sweetie & much love 💕🌸
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor I think you're one of the few RU-vidrs who actually responded to my comment ... not that I make too too many comments on videos, and usually not immediately-ish after they're uploaded.
I still love it! And those directions are very hard for me so props to you without a pic! Also, I would have to invite some buddies over after making any of your goodies, otherwise I would eat it all! Lol!
You look beautiful. Love your dress. I'm going try the recipe because it looked delicious. I think it turn out great. Thank you for sharing. Love from Texas🤠❤❤❤
You look lovely. The jelly roll looks delicious. Loved watching you work out the challenges of baking from vintage cook book instructions - awesome! Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July! Thanks for sharing!
It looks very tasty I love jelly rolls! It does make a great July 4th treat, and the jelly rolls are cool to make any holiday and just switch up the ingredients create different things with them. the cream cheese idea does sound good!
Everyone has wonderful suggestions, I would add that all purpose flour is NOT the same as cake flour. You need to use cake flour. Also the recipe calls for you to sift the flour.
I don't know where you live but in Miami, FL at least I haven't seen cake flour, like 10 years ago I was reading this blog where this lady in Africa would give out cake recipes and she would say cake flour and people though she meant all purpose flour and she stated that she meant cake flour and said it was a available in Africa, but here in the U.S. maybe in a specialty shop could you find it, and most likely at a hefty price.
LOVE it.... just last nite I responded to another youtuber about blackberries and that we picked TONS of them every year, Grandma used to make an angel food cake in a sheet pan, schmear it with blackberry jam and rollup, you can glaze it or just a spritz of powdered sugar.... thats the flavor of fall to me..
Jelly roll cakes can be confusing! I remember the first time I made one at Yule. It turned out delicious, but I did have to make it twice because the first one broke all apart when I tried to roll it! haha! Love your channel - great job! :)
