Every year at work, we have an auction where we all donate stuff to auction off, and the proceeds go to buy Christmas presents for kids in foster care. My co-workers surprise me every year with their generosity. I always want to donate something cool, and this year, for whatever reason, I decided I would make a pumpkin roll.
One problem, though… I couldn’t figure out how.
I read a bunch of recipes online, many of which got rave reviews, but I just could not picture how this whole thing was going to work. Wrap up the cake in a dish towel? Huh? Who wants to eat dish towels?
Imagine my glee when I saw Memarie Lane’s Works for Me Wednesday in which she describes exactly how she makes pumpkin rolls every year. WITH PICTURES. She’s so good at it that she takes orders and pays for her Christmas expenses! I am impressed.
You must check out these instructions! She makes it SO easy, even a dummy I can do it!
In fact, I’ve made four thus far! Two for Thanksgiving (one of which I ate nearly entirely on my own, but don’t tell anyone) and two for the auction.
I hope the cakes for the auction were good, because they sold for $22 and $25! Score! And the auction as a whole raised more than $1500. That definitely Works for Me!
For more WFMW tips, check out Rocks in my Dryer!
WOW! That’s great. Maybe I should go in business with my penguin cookies. Hmmmmmm……
I don’t have to make one. I’ve been eating so much crap around the office, I could wrap myself up and disguise myself as a pumpkin roll.
I’m glad they turned out well. I sell mine for $15 each, so you got some great prices on them! I have orders for 18 right now. Thanks for the linky love!