Well... it clearly wasn't meant to be...

[wiseheart]

Apparently, I'm not born to make a good Swiss roll. Or it's because my utter lack of mathematical abilities. In any case, I tried to modify Grandma's ever-successful 6-egg-sponge to an 8-eggs version... and I ended up with this:



That it is flat and not very pretty is the lesser problem. Alas, the sponge turned out hard and leathery - something that never happened to me with this recipe before! Either I'm cursed or I'm stupid and can't count and calculated the amount of dry ingredients (= flour and sugar) wrong. We'll eat it anyway, if only for the home-made strawberry jam, chopped fresh strawberries, eggnog and white chocolate, with which it's been filled, but I'm very disappointed nonetheless.

Other than that, not much happened. I made lemony chicken to go with the leftovers from yesterday and did the weekly laundry. That about ate my whole day, so the tiny bit of sewing I planned for today fell to the wayside.

Also, it is very cold in the flat. Thermometer says it's 21°C, but it feels less. Much less. We've dug out our winter clothes again and are wearing several layers. On May 22. Ridiculous.

Comments

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, a swiss roll was one of the few things I managed to make successfully in school cookery class. I never made it again, though, and don't have the recipe. (I have an old British cook book which will have a recipe if you want to try it.)

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, but I think I'll give up on Swiss rolls for a while. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, but I think I'll give up on Swiss rolls for a while. :(

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but I think I'll give up on Swiss rolls for a while. :(