I wouldn’t call that a “fail” at all. Not perfect by any means, but I’d eat the hell out of it all the same.
Lennon said:
I wouldn’t call that a “fail” at all. Not perfect by any means, but I’d eat the hell out of it all the same.
That’s totally fair. How about “an imperfection I want to try to fix with guests.”
And yes; I ate the hell out of it. Maybe I’ll make a few more imperfect rolls…
Alby said:
Hear me out - chocolate ganache glaze would be so sexy on thisI think I did one with sour cream once and it was divine!
There’s a chocolate variant of these that I absolutely want to make some time. They’re divine. Like a… homemade giant ho ho.
@Mal
Yes there is! I’ve made it for the neighbor. It’s incredible!!
I don’t see how this is a fail at all.
Zen said:
I don’t see how this is a fail at all.
I appreciate that. It’s one of those “I want perfection” for when / if folks are visiting, i.e. no frosting explosions and/or a more perfect roll up.
I’m very happy with how it came out and the taste is incredible.
I made my first one and the same thing happened. Idk how to prevent it.
Lesley said:
I made my first one and the same thing happened. Idk how to prevent it.
I think it’s a mixture of oil on the pan and calibrating to my oven. The part where the fail happened was definitely not finished yet / fully baked.
@Dane
I rolled immediately after on a dish towel coated in powdered sugar, unrolled, added filling, but when I re-rolled it stuck to the towel and ripped.
@Dane
I did! I technically let it set up for just a minute or two and then rolled with the parchment paper. I also took it off the pan immediately.
That explosion seemed to be mostly due to the dough in that area not being fully finished yet. I haven’t calibrated using my oven yet (new home / new oven) so I wanted to do a test before my friendsgiving this weekend.
Exactly!! Regardless of the ‘fail’ this looks absolutely deliciousss.
Finley said:
Exactly!! Regardless of the ‘fail’ this looks absolutely deliciousss.
It’s insanely good. The cream cheese frosting is insane. I want to smother everything with it.
This looks so delicious. Also, the first photo made it appear to be like it was in Blade Runner or Dune.
Adi said:
This looks so delicious. Also, the first photo made it appear to be like it was in Blade Runner or Dune.
Shai’halud log.
It ain’t a fail if it tastes great, OP!
My reaction when I get baking mistakes - “Oh no, a defect. Oh well, this goes to my tummy. Yum.”
What’s this called and made of? Cream cheese in the middle or icing? 
Greer said:
What’s this called and made of? Cream cheese in the middle or icing?
It’s called a pumpkin roll. You can make a few changes to it and also call it a yuletide log (usually covering it with frosting and sprinkling more things on top).
It’s basically three really easy components, two of which get mixed into the final dough:
- Dry ingredients like your flour, salt, baking powder, spices, etc.
- Wet like eggs, sugar, pumpkin (about 3/4ths a cup), etc.
- The frosting which is a cream cheese frosting. It’s basically just cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla (and it’s insanely good).
Mix the dry + wet. Bake at 350 for 15.
I followed this particular recipe and funny enough it had notes in it that my mother also sent me (she makes two of these every year).
Talon said:
Great “fail” though, I made a chocolate roll once and managed to keep it intact but I chickened out and didn’t roll it tight enough for a full swirl.
You’ve motivated me to try again soon though!
Yeah! Do it! Messing up only brings -joy- eh?!