Coconut Roulade With Rum Buttercream

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Fabulous! I made this during Christmas and everyone raved about it...especially my daughter! It is now March, and it is her birthday, and she asked that I make her this cake! I did have a little trouble the first time when rolling the cake up...it did crack some, but covered it with icing! It is a little time consuming, but I guess my daughter is worth it!

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I made this for friends for christmas and they all loved it and their friends all wanted the recipe! Rave!!! Love my magazines and all the great things!

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What a hit at my house! I will make this again.I did omit the rum from the frosting as we do not drink but did add rum extract in place of it by 1 tablespoon. It did give it the punch it needed. I think that the next time I make this cake I will give it a lemon curd filling to add some extra punch to it. But it is something that will be in the making again. I will use the frosting for may of my other cakes it was a big hit and I had everyone telling me just what cake it would go well with. Thanks for this one.

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This recipe is great - with modifications. Cake - decrease sugar to 1 cup. Frosting - decrease egg whites to 4 instead of 6, butter to 2 sticks instead of 3, sugar to 3/4 cup instead of 1 cup - this makes plenty of frosting for the cake. Also, I used a linen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar to roll up the cake after I took it out of the oven until it cooled off. I will definitely be making this cake again - although not for a while, it's so good it disappears in no time!

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Pros: It is a light cake that is will go well after a big meal (I made this cake for christmas dinner

Cons: It takes a REALLY long time to make the cake without the "wow" factor that you expect after all the time and effort put into the cake. I had no problem making the cake part or the frosting part, however my roll did not roll so I had to scrap what I could together into a 13x9 sort of shape and hope for the best.

Would I make this again? No. Its not worth the time and trouble for a so-so result, even if I could have gotten an actual roll.

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This frosting never came together. Every buttercream frosting recipe calls for powdered sugar. What a waste of time and money on this frosting. Extremely disappointed as I'm making this for Christmas eve and need to scrap the frosting and go with another option.

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It took a lot longer to make this recipe than expected... almost 2 1/2 hours. However, I have never made a cake from scratch before, so there's definitely a learning curve for newbies. That being said, it was delicious, the frosting was perfect in consistency and the cake was moist and not at all dry. It wasn't too strong of a coconut flavor either, and the rum was the perfect accent. The frosting curdled when I added the rum, but it flattened out fine when it went on the cake. I would recommend baking this with more than just yourself, as I was thankful my mom was with me to help! Overall I learned a lot about baking and the cake was definitely worth the hard work!

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I made this cake. It was pretty time consuming. After I thought about all the butter that went into the frosting. I ended up throwing the cake away. Afraid I was going to give someone a heart attach with it. All I could taste was the butter. I do cook with butter. But 3 sticks of butter is way to much to be eating.

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This was a very good recipe, and fairly easy to do. You do need to devote a good 1 1/2 hrs, as it would be difficult to make the cake or the frosting/filling ahead of time. The cake was moist and light, and the buttercream AMAZING! The rum more or less enhanced the flavors; I really didn't taste it, which is good for those who don't like rum (personally, I do, so I may add a bit more the next time. Don't get nervous when the rum sort of deflates the buttercream as it will whip into a smooth & creamy frosting - just enough to fill and frost the cake. Looking forward to trying some of the other cakes in this issue!