Skip to content
site-logo

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Blog
Into the Spooniverse! Rainbow Roll Up for California Grown
Dessert

Into the Spooniverse! Rainbow Roll Up for California Grown

November 30, 2020October 31, 2021 Rachel Dunston Leave a comment

My kids love cooking and comics. I love giving them fruits and veggies. Recently we discovered a super fun comic by Jerry James Stone, called Into the Spooniverse. Clever, right? It is a super fun comic that encourages kids to want to cook and it includes recipes and ideas! This week Gwynn and I made a cake roll inspired by the Rainbow Roll Up in issue 1.

What You Will Need

Rainbow Roll Up for California Grown

Print Recipe
Our Rainbow Cake Roll is fun, delicious and an impressive way to sneak in some fruit.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cake roll, fruit, rainbow, roll
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Assembly 10 mins
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Parchment paper
  • Plastic wrap
  • 1/4 size cookie sheet with sides on it, sometimes called a jelly roll sheet. You can find them here.
  • A clean tea towel
  • Jam is optional

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 egg at room tempurature
  • 3 eggs separated into whites and yolks, at room tempurature
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1/3 cup of water
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla bean paste or extract
  • Rainbow sprinkles
  • 4 ounces cream cheese at room tempurature
  • 1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream @producersdairy
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • A rainbow selection of fruit and berries. We used mandarin orange slices, strawberry slices, blueberries and raspberries but you can use whatever you like.

Instructions

  • Get Cooking:
  • Preheat your oven to 375. Find a 10 x 18 (or similar) baking sheet with sides. We used a quarter size cookie sheet. Line it with parchment paper and spray with a flour based baking spray for good measure.
  • Dust your clean tea towel with powdered sugar and set aside.
  • In a standing mixer, whip 3 egg whites medium speed until frothy. Slowly add 1/4c. of you 1 cup sugar. Whip on high until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
  • In another bowl beat 2 whole eggs and the three yolks from your separated eggs for 2 min. Slowly add the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar, water and vanilla.
  • Sift together flour, salt baking powder and then add slowly to your second egg mixture until just combined. Do not over mix.
  • Remove bowl from mixer, and hand fold in your egg whites.
  • Spread some rainbow sprinkles on to your lined baking sheet. Then spoon batter on to sheet and smooth evenly. Bake at 375 for 11-13 min.
  • Immediately turn cake onto sugared tea towel. Peel off old parchment and add a new sheet to the top. Now quickly roll the cake up with the tea towel, from the shorter end. Let cool in towel for at least 1 hour.
  • While it cools, whip cream cheese until soft with an electric mixer. Slowly add heavy whipping cream. Once it begins to thicken, slowly add sugar and vanilla. Refrigerate for later.
  • Once your cake has cooled for at least an hour, the fun part can begin.
  • Gently unroll your cake. You can spread a layer of fruit preserves on it if you like. Make sure to get all the way to the edges. Next you can add a layer of your cream. Keep it pretty thin, remember this has to roll back up.
  • Following that, you can add rows of fruit, pressed into the cream! Throw in some sprinkles for good measure. It is a rainbow after all.
  • Prepare a large piece of plastic wrap and have it ready on the counter because now it is time to carefully re-roll your cake. Be gentle so you don’t squish all your fillings right out the sides. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate, seam side down, for at least three hours. Even better if you leave it over night.
  • Slice gently and enjoy your rainbow roll up.

Notes

For more information visit California Grown at califoniagrown.org
Thank you to Jerry James Stone for his fantastic comic which can be found at spooniversecomics.com

cake rollDessertfruit filling

Post navigation

Pistachio Ice Cream for Keenan Farms
Mini Fruit Cakes

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Oh Hey!

Oh Hey!

Rachel Dunston

Thanks for hanging out with me! Stick around for more tips, tricks, recipes and silliness. You won't be sorry.

Follow @RachelMakesIt

Popular Posts

Dessert ➤ December 17, 2021

S’mores Chocolate Banana Bread

Why isn’t chocolate a more included side kick in the world of banana bread? I am actually surprised that I have not already thought to add more of it to banana bread! More than chips,...

Keep Reading
Dessert ➤ November 30, 2020

Into the Spooniverse! Rainbow Roll Up for California Grown

My kids love cooking and comics. I love giving them fruits and veggies. Recently we discovered a super fun comic by Jerry James Stone, called Into the Spooniverse. Clever, right? It is a super fun...

Keep Reading
Cake ➤ November 4, 2021

Chocolate Prune Poke Cake

This cake is chocolate and plum heaven. Super rich, moist and delicious. How can I convince you to try it? Honestly I am not sure what to say, other than the fact the my husband...

Keep Reading
Cookies ➤ November 7, 2021

Sweet Potato Cookies

Cookies are best as an after school snack or Saturday afternoon baking project. They keep at room temperature for several days and you can add them to school lunches. If you are not into all...

Keep Reading

Be happy. It drives people crazy.

Anonymous
  • Home
  • Blog
© 2023
 

Loading Comments...