Peanut butter, banana and strawberry jelly roulade

My husband's birthday is tommorow so I thought it would be nice if I made him a nice treat to take with him to work. He love's to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, as well as bananas so I thought that it would be cool to make that combo into a roulade. Specifically because I'm going to try to make them into small snare drums! :)

Peanut butter and banana roulade

• 1/4 cup peanut butter ( crunchy or smooth)
• 1/3 cup cake flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. banana extract
• 4 eggs separated
• 1/2 cup sugar

First line a pan with parchment paper. Then set the oven to 425 degrees.

Now combine the first five ingredients in a medium sized bowl and set aside.

Next take the egg yokes and whip them to soft peaks. I add a little salt and lemon juice to help mine get there faster.

Take the egg yolks and sugar, stir til light yellow. Combine the flour mixture to this mixture. It will become stiff and that is ok.

Gently start to fold the mixture into the egg whites. Be careful not to overdo it.

Now you can pour the mixture into your pan and smooth out with a spatula. Place in the oven for 6-8 minutes. Once it has finished let cool for a couple minutes and them place on a towel, now roll. Let is completely cool now. Then you can add the jelly frosting. 

Once completely cooled add the jelly frosting and re-roll. I place the roulade in plastice wrap and then rolled it back up to stick in the fridge for an hour. 

Jelly Frosting

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 tbsp. strawberry jelly (or flavor of choice)
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar

Let's do this

As usual I run behind on posting, but that is easy to do when you are too busy enjoying what's around you, right? So because it's getting to be that time of year again where all the ice cream, popsicles and soda pop come out to cool us off. I've posted a couple things I've done so far. There pretty simple and don't take much time at all. First off I'll start with the lemon ice in a lemon cup. When I did this a while back I couln't help but feel like this was something out of Willy Wonka's Factory. Just for the simple fact that everything here is edible, except I doubt you'd want to eat the rind. Of course I wish I come up with this creation myself but I did not. I got it from http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/07/lemon-ice.html. It is a great idea though. My husband and I would go walking and would come back all hot from the Arizona sun and have some of this and it was just enough to cool us down. It's also a great idea for a kids party that is during the summer.

My next project was whipped cream which is rather easy and lets just say I will probably never buy it from the store again. It takes exactly, if not better then the store. All you need is 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 3 tbsp. of sugar and a splash of vanilla. Put your mixer on high and let get to a soft peak. Be careful not to over beat.

For my sister's wedding the choice of a dress was simple and easy. Except dark colors are going out and brighter more virbrant colors are coming in for spring and summer. Black and green were the choices and so I choses to get a black dress and make my own sash. It wasn't too bad for my first time. The rose was a last second addition and I didn't even end up using it that day. It was the fabric from the messed up tie that I tried to create for my husband. Basically when making a sash measure your waist and then double that if you want extra to tie a bow. The width can be about 3 to 4 inchs. I sewed in like I was heming . To make the rose you can do the same thing. Measure the length and width that you would like. Then sew together and roll inward like a rose.

Because I like to bake I've started to expand my horizons on what I'm using. In the past couple of weeks I've used it on my sister's cake and on my March for Babies cupcakes. When I was doing the cupcakes I had a piece left that I was playing with. I always wanted to try to make a flower or something creative with fondant. The way I made my flower was just like how I make my magazine flowers. I flattend the fondant and then I cut it into a spiral. When that was complete I too the outer edge and started rolling inwarrd. There you have it a flower. Its that simple. I've seen other ways to do it like mold a piece for the center and the make leaf shapes that can be added on one at a time to create the rose shape. It just does not work for me at this point just yet. :)

My husband is a peanut butter eating machine. So when I figured out I could make my own I was all in. It's simple, easy and taste great! The best part about this is that you don't need a fancy machine to do this. A food processor works and I'm not really sure about a blender but I wouldn't be suprised. All you need is 2 cups of peanuts, tbsp. of oil and 2 tbsp. of honey. First put the honey and peanuts together. Stop and scrap from the sides and the slowly drizzly the oil into the mixture and blend together. Stop, place in a cointainer for later or enjoy some now. :)