Pumpkin Roll

Submitted by Cristi Hinten

"Grandma Joe made a pumpkin roll when I was little. I am not sure if this is her recipe or if I got it somewhere else."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• Cake

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2⁄3 cup pumpkin, canned
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg

• Filling

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. In a large mixer bowl, beat eggs on high for 5 minutes; beat in sugar. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice. In a small bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, salt and nutmeg. Fold into pumpkin mixture. Spread batter in a greased and floured 15x10x1" jelly roll pan. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Immediately invert cake onto a towel sprinkles with powdered sugar. roll up cake and towel, jelly roll style, starting from one of the shortest sides. Cool completely.
2. Unroll cake when cooled.

3. For filling:

4. In a small mixing bowl, beat powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla on medium until smooth. Spread over cake; reroll. Cover and chill.
5. To serve, cut cake crosswise into 1" slices.