jelly roll

Swirled dessert log

A jelly roll is a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly or jam, then rolled into a spiral.

The term extends to anything with that rolled shape.

In jazz, jelly roll is slang for sex or female genitalia, notably in the stage name of early jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton: I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll.

pastry

sponge cake

Air-leavened flour confection

raspberry · strawberry · chocolate · vanilla · glaze · roulade · batter · bake · oven · bakery

jazz

Morton

Common American surname

blues · New Orleans · Dixieland · swing · improvisation · syncopation · boogie-woogie · scat · riff · jam session

spiral

coiled

Arranged in spirals

curl · wound · cylinder · spiral pattern · cross-section · concentric

quilt

patchwork

Fabric scraps sewn together

quilting · piecing · blocks · patterns · sewing · binding · backing · border · design · textile

Categories
Opposites
cake structure

jelly rolllayer cake

Stacked frosted dessert

sheet cake · tiered cake · pound cake · bundt cake · flat cake

jazz piano style

jelly rollclassical piano

free jazz

filling distribution

jelly rolllayer cake

Stacked frosted dessert

torte · Boston cream pie · sandwich cake

Family

roll, jelly, rolled, rolling, roller, jellyfish, jellies, unrolled, jellied

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G