Vanilla Chiffon Roll - TWD: Baking with Julia
Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Julia - 49th installment. The recipe is Vanilla Chiffon Roll.
Chocolate walnut mousse! Candied walnuts! Soggy cake (?!?).
This recipe seemed straightforward, and I think I followed it correctly...but something was definitely wrong with the cake. I thought it was done, and got it out of the pan, spread on the mousse,
and then
rolled it up. When I had rolled it up, and then trimmed off the ends, I
noticed how dense and soggy it seemed to be. It was wet, or maybe greasy, rather than
cakey. Possible explanations I came up with:
- I took it out of the oven too soon.
- The layer of non-stick cooking spray (per the recipe) was too heavy and greasy, and it had a bad effect on the cake.
Boo hoo...although the mousse filling was fantastic, and I really liked the candied walnut topping, I actually disliked the cake so much that I threw the leftovers away after we all tried it. Very disappointing. Looking foward to seeing how others in the TWD group managed with this....
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