What is a jelly roll pan?!
Answers: I want t make a pumpkin roll and it said i needed a jelly role pan
To make the Pumpkin Roll (I made 2 for Thanksgiving) it's a big help to use parchment paper to line the cookie sheet so the cake will slide right out and not stick.
The cookie sheet I used was 15"x10"x1"sides. If you don't know what size your pan is, measure it with a tape measure or ruler. The sides need to be high enough to contain the cake batter while it cooks. You'll be making a large thin cake that bakes in 15 min.
While the cake is baking you need to get a large cloth dish towel spread out and lightly sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar). When you remove the cake, immediately turn it upside on a cooling rack, gently pull off the parchment paper, then gently slide it onto the sugar covered towel. You need to allow 3-4 inches on each end of the towel to assist in rolling it up.
Next, starting with a narrow end pulled toward you, gently raise the towel up and fold the end over the cake and start rolling the cake & towel up together, placing the seam side down on a cooling rack. The towel will be rolled up inside the cake while it cools. If you wait for the cake to cool and then try to roll it up, it will break and crack and will be unusable for this recipe. Rolling it up while hot assists with it retaining the shape you need for the jelly roll.
While the cake is cooling, make the icing. Gently unroll the towel & cake but don't try to flatten it, you need it to hold its shape. You'll need to dump all the icing on the cake and spread it all the way to the side edges, but NOT on the first inch or so of the part that you first started rolling or the last 1/2 inch at the end.
Now, start rolling the cake again but only use the towel to help lift the cake to roll it up, placing the seam side down on a platter. I search yard sales, flea markets and Good Will stores for inexpensive large platters. Remember the cake will be 15 inches long. If you don't have a long enough platter, just cut your cake in half and place the two pieces on separate plates.
Finally for the best part of the recipe!! Enjoy all the compliments that you'll receive for making this wonderfully simple cake!!!
Its the same as a cookie sheet pan. Make sure it has the edges, or a baking pan.
A jelly roll pan is similar to a cookie sheet with sides but smaller in size (the sides are 1-inch deep)
It's like a cookie sheet, in fact you can use a cookie sheet as long as it has raised sides on it (to keep the batter in).
A cookie sheet with 1inch high sides
It is a flat retangular pan with about 1 inch raised sides.
It is not a cookie sheet; cookie sheet is similar in size and shape but has no raised sides on three sides.
The jelly roll pan is designed so that you can make a thin cake that can be rolled - like a log. this type of cake usually has a filling like jelly, custard or buttercream and is rolled into a log.
Cookie sheets do have raised sides in order to facilitate get the cookies off the sheet with a spatula.