Great British Blog Off: Walnut-Coffee Sponge Roll
Today, I embarked on a journey I have long awaited and feared. Today, I made my first cake roll. As you may have noticed, I took last week off from baking. Originally I planned only to take weeks off between sections. Then, I got the opportunity to volunteer at (and attend) a local virtual writing conference. Rather than squeeze in the bake and make it feel like an unpleasant chore, I opted to wait on Week 12, instead. Somehow, one week off felt like months. I'd love to say I raced back in eagerly, but I'm in the midst of an occipital neuralgia pain flare so my level of enthusiasm in general is a little bit muted. It doesn't help matters that Azula smacked the already affected side of my head with her bone, adding a bruise to my already painful head. Still, I try not to let pain flares get too much in my way, especially when they go on for several days like this one has. I took some ibuprofen to help dull the pain, and got on with it. Grumpily. ...