"The British are Coming!"

Have you ever watched a movie or went somewhere and they ate something and all you can think about is that item. It could be the most obscure thing like roasting duck or funnel cake. Something you have never seen in a grocery store or something that is on every shelf. No matter what the item you just fixate on it all week. Well, its been one of those weeks for me. I found a new cooking show and everything they made I wanted to eat. The only thing is it was a British show so when they said biscuits I think yum, with warm butter. Then all of a sudden they are making crackers. I am so sad but so intrigued I would never think of making my own crackers. It was that way for all the food they made on the show.

This week I tried my hand at making a sponge roll. They say sponge is hard to make and I took that as a challenge. You know what I found out, sponge is hard to make. Who ever "they are" the people that rate food. They are right my first try and it looked amazing, nice and light brown when I touch it, it sprang back. Then I did what they tell you to do, I flip it out right away so I can roll it. Guess what happens, it just starts oozing out the whole middle was still uncooked. So I get my trash can and just push it off the counter into the bin. That was a bad kitchen day for me. Have you ever had a bad kitchen day, well Thursday was my bad kitchen day nothing was working out for me. I think my trash can ended up with more food than my counter.

But you should never give up even if something doesn't work the first time. So Friday I get my cake tin out again and try the sponge cake once more. This time I let it cook a little longer and tried again, this time when I flipped it there was no oozing! It rolled real nice and tight.

While it cooled you get to make the filling. Usually the roll is filled with some sort of cream. But this time I made a raspberry cream cheese sauce. It was so creamy and smooth. Unlike most berries you want to make sure you sift the raspberry after they are melted down so you get all the seeds out. No one likes seeds in a cream sauce. Once the cake was cooled and the sauce was creamy enough I unrolled it and put a nice layer of the raspberry on it, then rolled it back up. I then dusted it with powdered sugar and garnished with whole raspberry. Not going to lie I was very proud of it. Which may sound all high and mighty, but if you think about it you all have a meal you have made and we're proud of the outcome. This was my meal or dessert.

Now that I'm on this British kick I am not sure what I will be bringing you next week. Though by tomorrow I might be on to something totally different. So until next week maybe you will surprise yourself and make something you have been fixated on.