On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:40:23 GMT
"Vox Humana" > wrote:

>
> "JMF" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm about to make my first jelly roll sheet -- basically, the Christmas
> Yule
> > Log.
> >
> > I get the feeling that it can be pretty tricky to get it rolled up
> > without cracking and falling apart, so I wanted to prepare as well as I
> > could by asking for tips from experience.
> >
> > I've read about various ways to help things along, like putting a damp
> cloth
> > over the sheet to keep it moist as soon as it comes out of the oven,
> > etc.
> >
> > Anybody have some experience here to contribute?
>
> Don't sweat it. You are going to frost it if you are making a Yule Log.
> If it cracks, no one will know.


Yup. Put the crack on the bottom.

You could try and get fancy by using a pasty cloth or flexible cutting
board (e.g. that tupperware thing with circles on it) to support the cake
as you lift it to roll it, but you'd probably fumble it and make it worse.
At least I probably would.