Strawberry Cream Roll



Strawberry and Cream Roll Cake



6 Large Eggs (separated)

130gm Sugar

90 gm Cake Flour (sift 3x)

10-1/2" X 15-1/2" Jelly Roll Pan (or similar size is ok)

1-1/2 cup heavy cream

strawberries washed, hulled, dried and cut

1 recipe custard cream (optional)

pre-heat oven at 350F

beat eggs
if you don't have a stand mixer, hand mixer works fine too, just takes a little longer and your hand might hurt.

 looking good

stiff peak!

since I only have 1 Kitchen aid bowl, I put my whipped whites in another bowl while I work with my yolks

don't worry about washing the bowl because yolk is not bothered by the whites but if you where whipping the whites after the yolks make sure you wash it well becasue whites  will not get stiff if there is any fat in there and yolk is fatty!

add sugar in thirds while whipping

keep whipping



allmost there

Ribbon state reached! the yolk and the sugar really becomes off white and creamy

add sifted flour all at once and mix on low until combined.

 (oops I forgot to take pic with the plain cake so here is a pic when I made the chocolate roll which will be posted later)

add a little of the whipped egg whites and mix it up well.

add rest of the whites and fold it in gently but make sure it is incorporated well.

should looklike this but not chocolaty

 Pour in paper lined Jelly roll pan and use a plastic scraper if you have one to even out the batter

ready for the oven! bake at 350F oven for 15min.  If you plan on using the custard cream as part of the filling you need to  make the custard while the cake bakes so you can use it as  soon as the cake  cools.

take it out of the pan and cool on wire rack.  Once cooled flip it (I like to use plastic wrap or sheet of parchment paper.

 filling choice! you can keep it all whipped cream or use custard cream and whipped cream, today I did custard and whipped.  if you decide on custard and whipped here is the quick recipe for microwave custard cream. 









2 egg  yolks             combine yolks and sugar well,  mix in the flour and make sure there are no lumps.
40gm sugar              slowly add milk and mix so they are smooth.  Microwave uncovered for 1 1/2 min.
20gm flour               mix well and put back in microwave and heat for  1 min more. If its still loose
180ml milk              heat for additional 30sec.  add the vanilla and butter mix well, cover with wrap
1/2tsp vanilla           you need to put the wrap directly on the custard like the pic to prevent skin from
1tbsp butter              forming.  use once its cool so you want to make this when you bake the cake.

peel off the paper and the golden brown skin of the cake should peel off so flip it so the the peeled side will be outside of the roll

you need to either spread the custard cream or whipped cream on the cake

mmm yummy












add strawberry or any other fruit that are not watery like pineapple (pineapple  would be ok on top of cakes but not inside)

 cover the strawberries with whipped cream

ready to roll.  I made this the long way, use the paper parchment to help you lift the cake up to roll it away from you, keeping it tight. Make sure you don't roll the paper in the cake (if you have problem rolling send me a comment and I will make a video tutorial on rolling the cake) 

(sorry no yellow cake pic of rolled cake)
keep it in paper, fold the ends of the paper if they are long, wrap it in plastic and put it in the fridge and chill until you are ready to serve. 

unroll the paper, cake should stay rolled up, isn't it beautiful??  slice with sharp knife, wiping the knife each time you cut so you have clean cut cake instead of cream smeared cake. 
!!! if you roll short side you'll get a giant roll and would also be fun to eat! I will make it next and and post a pic!

Pao de Queijo Brazilian Cheese puffs

Several months ago my husband and I went to this event called Devour Downtown Indy with his siblings and their spouses (minus one boring sibling and wife).  We went to Fogo De Chao which is a Brazilian Steak House! have you been there?? its insane! all you can eat place where gauchos (Brazilian dudes) brings you chunk of meat on a sword to your table and cuts off a slice on your plate.  Anyway they have tons of different kind of meat and poultry and you can keep eating until you are stuffed and can't breath anymore.  They also bring you these cheese puff bread and they are sooo tasty! its cheesy puffy and light.  one of my sister in law was not a fan but other sister in law and I thought they were simply divine! While surfing the net I stumbled upon this recipe and decided to give it a try, you use a blender so its really simple! here is a Link to the cheese bread.

In a blender add eggs

 Milk and oil








Cheese and tapioca starch

 blend well

 in a mini muffin tin and bake








I had to change my cooking time and lower temp wee bit due to my muffin tin being really tiny compared to normal mini muffin tin and darker so they baked darker.  They where cheesy and tasty and light yummy.  Next time I may use the cheese they recommend.

What in the world is Pani Popo?

one of my friend from high school said that her friend made Pani Popo and its tasty. ???  I've never heard of Pani Popo and apparently its tasty, which means I had to investigate.   So I started with Google and bam! its a Samoan bun with coconut cream sauce.  Sounds interesting, I like bread, I like coconut cream.  I'm not a big fan of the coconut flakes, I can eat them or not eat them but the cream mmmmm good! There where many sites that said to use frozen rolls like Rhodes but I decided to go with my own rolls recipe. Same recipe I use for my cinnamon rolls.  I'm sure if you ask a Samoan baker its a wrong recipe but that's what I went with.  I used my home bread machine to knead the dough for me. 


my dough: 600gm Bread flour, 1 cup milk, 100gm sugar, 2 eggs, 1 stick butter, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp yeast. put it in your bread machine the same as the machine's instruction.   I cut the dough in half and roll it out then roll it up!

 then slice it just like you would a cinnamon roll. Put them in a baking dish and let rise until size doubles!

 I did a quick method and put it in a warm oven (175F)

 recipe said to mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl until well mixed.







In a pot add 2 cans of coconut milk, 1 cup sugar and the flour water mixture, put over med heat and continue to heat it up until sugar is melted and the liquid is warm.  DO NOT BOIL!!

 Once the coconut mixture is warm pour it over the the pan I know this may seem like there is too much liquid but they will turn into cream sauce so don't worry! let the dough swim in the coconut pool!










bake at 375F until golden brown the sauce will thicken and will be sticking to the bottom of the bun!

Spam Musubi

One of my favorite Hawaii born snack is Spam Musubi.  Spam is very popular in Hawaii and I hear they eat more than any other states.. They also started serving Spam at McD!!

I won't lie, I like spam. Its very versatile, you can eat it as breakfast meat,  chopped up and added in a fried rice, fried noodles, cook it with veggies like cabbage (one of my faves!!) my husband eats it in a sandwich.. not really a fan of that my self but to each its own right? well today I want to show you my most favorite way to eat spam! my sons too!! Spam Musubi!! what is Spam Musubi you may ask? Musubi is Japanese word for rice ball. so its spam rice  ball if you want to translate it. My son takes these to school and his teachers calls them sushi because they are wrapped in rice and seaweed but they are not Sushi because the rice do not contain vinegar. 

So this is what I do!

 This is not necessary but I love my spam slicer!! it looks like egg slicer but see the other pic. how big it is?

 you'll need to cut your spam with a knife if you don't have a handy slicer

 Pan fry it! until they are little golden brown.

a lot of my friends who do not have the mold, washes the spam can and use that as a mold, but I do have a handy mold so I'll use it.

You'll need seaweed and cooked Japanese white rice.  If you like you can salt the rice a little to taste.  You don't want it to be too salty so be careful not to over salt them!

get a sheet of seaweed








fold it half

 rip it into two pieces

wet your mold

 put the mold on seaweed

 add thin layer of rice press it down

 top it with spam, press again

 add rice and press again

 remove the mold

 remove the top

 wrap it with seaweed

 done! you can eat it as it or cut it in half!

 cut it flat

 cut it in angle

 its up to you!