Pumpkin Roll

I have been on a pumpkin roll lately (no pun intended)! This recipe has been saved away for a while and I thought it was finally time to try it. Even though I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, I still make mistakes frequently. I know the importance of reading a recipe all the way through before starting to make it and I will be the first to admit my mistake when made.  I misread this recipe and purchased two 8 oz package of cream cheese instead of two 3 oz packages of cream cheese…yikes! When I was rolling up the cake, I was a little disappointed it wouldn’t roll as tight as I wanted it to and when I sampled the cake, my first thought was…that’s a lot of cream cheese. All that to say, next time I will know exactly how much cream cheese to use, but even with all the cream cheese, the cake turned out to be really good. It reminded me a lot of a carrot cake, only with pumpkin!

Pumpkin Roll

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Vegetable cooking spray

3 large eggs

1 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2/3 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin

1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted

2 teaspoon lemon juice, divided

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, divided plus more for dusting

6 oz cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Coat bottom and sides of 15 x 10 inch jelly-roll pan with cooking spray, and line with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; set aside.

Beat eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer 5 minutes or until thick and lemon-colored; gradually add granulated sugar, beating until combined. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, salt, and nutmeg. Gradually add to egg mixture, beating well. Combine pumpkin, pecans, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice; gradually add to mixture, beating well. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.

Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Sift 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a 15 x 10 inch rectangle on a clean,dry dish towel. Run a knife around edges of pan to loosen cake and turn cake out onto prepared towel. Peel wax paper off cake. Starting at narrow end, roll up cake and towel together; place,seam side down on a wire rack to cool completely.

Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Stir in vanilla and 1 teaspoon lemon juice.

Unroll cake; remove towel. Spread cream cheese mixture on cake, leaving 1-inch border around edges. Re-roll cake without towel, and place, seam side down, on a serving platter. Cover and chill at least 3 hours. Garnish, if desired.

Source: MyRecipes.com