June is my birthday month. Because of this I got to choose one of the recipes for Tuesdays with Dorie. I wanted something celebratory so I chose the jelly roll cake on page 135 of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie: Sweet Salty and Simple.
There were several alternatives that we could do with this cake. I chose to make mine into a Chantilly cake. I filled it with whipped cream, strawberries, blueberries, and cherries. Then I frosted it with the same thing. I would have taken an ‘inside’ pic of the cake but it was eaten (church supper) before I had a chance.
Roll cakes are so much fun to make. But I am always surprised when mine turn out. I’d like to do the coca roll, which was one of the alternatives.
The other possibility for this month was the strawberry rhubarb squares, but I could not find any rhubarb anywhere in Central Louisiana. When I find some…
I’m going to try to start baking more. I miss it.
Meanwhile, check out What the other bakers made this week for Tuesdays with Dorie.
Tea and Scones 
June 25, 2024 at 11:20 AM
This is SO pretty! And Happy Birthday Month!
June 25, 2024 at 11:52 AM
A Chantilly cake filled it with whipped cream, strawberries, blueberries, and cherries. Sounds so incredibly delicious.
June 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Happy Birthday, Margaret! We’re not getting older, we’re getting better…now you say it back to me. LOL. Your cake is beautiful and I love so much the idea of using fresh fruit so I noted that in my book for a future adventure with this cake…I couldn’t believe how easy it was to make. Great choice for us to make this month. Now let’s see, by my calculations, we have been celebrating each other’s birthdays since we first met in 2008 at Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking From My Home To Yours…so that about 16 birthdays…yikes. Happiest of Birthdays. Love ya…xo.