PEA'S MEAT FLOSS SWISS ROLL....BLUEKK!

My recipe book on "Elegant Swiss Roll" has been sitting on the bookshelf collecting dust for more than a year now. I thought it would be great to spend my time baking since I am so free at home. For those who doesn't know me well, baking is certainly NOT my cup of tea. I don't mind spending few hours brewing prawn stock or a day preparing a roast duck, but when it comes to baking...I really dread the whole process especially the measuring and the cleaning part!


The only reason I bought this recipe book was for this recipe: Meat Floss Swiss Roll. I usually get mine from Bread Story for RM3.20 per piece. Sure looks yummy, isn't it?? The photo was taken straight from the recipe book and certainly not my creation.....why? Because mine turned out to be ... ahem...very different...


Something gone wrong somewhere...my swiss roll turned out to be a thick slab of crepe!!! It was like a layer of buttery dough!


I don't know what went wrong as I followed the instructions from A-Z....sigh...well, at least my butter cream turned out good.


Swiss Roll...i mean, Crepe...fresh from the oven!


Close-up of my failure...bluek!! The 'crepe' was doughy and tasteless. One word...AWFUL!!!


Even my ever-supportive dad said so......sigh.....it went straight to the rubbish bin!


I went to Bread Story the next day for a piece of their yummy Meat Floss Swiss Roll to soothe my disappointment. That's it.....the recipe book will remain back to the bookshelf for a long, long time.