muscles for this task hadn’t developed yet The muscles needed for pastry making are not obvious ones; they’re in our forearms and wrists I always tell my students that they should never give up There is some discomfort at first, but with the right mind-set you can block it out enough to continue to do the work for as long as it takes to develop the necessary muscles By the following December I had the forearms, and I was in charge of making all of the sponges for all of the Christmas Yule logs that year One day I made 40 full batches of génoise—40 eggs in each batch—in a row, nonstop like a machine, without breaking a sweat I was very proud that I’d stuck with it and that now I could do the task JELLY ROLL SPONGE / GÉNOISE ROULADE YIELD | ONE 12 × 17–INCH CAKE (1 SHEET PAN) This recipe makes a thin, moist rectangular sponge cake that you can use for a Yule log, a jelly roll, or even a layered cake Because of the method and ingredients in my recipe, this génoise is a very pliable cake and is easy to roll Unlike in the previous recipe—the génoise is baked in a cake pan—you don’t heat the eggs and ...takes to develop the necessary muscles By the following December I had the forearms, and I was in charge of making all of the sponges for all of the Christmas Yule logs that year... Because of the method and ingredients in my recipe, this génoise is a very pliable cake and is easy to roll Unlike in the previous recipe? ?the génoise is baked in a cake pan—you don’t heat the eggs and... One day I made 40 full batches of génoise—40 eggs in each batch—in a row, nonstop like a machine, without breaking a sweat I was very proud that I’d stuck with it and that now I could do the task JELLY ROLL