Pumpkin Roll
I’ve grown up eating pumpkin rolls every year around Thanksgiving and Christmas time. My mother still makes them for me every year, but I learned how to make them because I love having them all year long. They aren’t just good for the holidays. I strayed away from making them because they always seem more of a pain to make then it was worth, but I gave it a shot, and they were a lot easier to make then I thought, and so worth it!
-Cake Ingredients-
-3/4 cup all purpose flour
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 tsp ground cinnamon
-1/4 tsp nutmeg
-1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
-1 cup granulated sugar
-3 large eggs
2/3 cup canned pumpkin (or homemade pumpkin puree)
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-Filling Ingredients-
-8oz softened cream cheese
-2 Tbsp softened butter
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 cup powdered sugar
-1/2 Tbsp of pumpkin puree (optional)
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix until smooth and no more dry batter is left.
5. Spread batter evenly on the prepared pan, and bake for 10-14 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
6. As soon as your cake is done you want to take it off the pan, parchment paper and all onto heat safe surface and immediately start rolling the cake with the parchment paper from the short end. Go slow and carefully to try and not crack it. Put on wire rack once rolled and allow it to completely cool.
- Directions -
1. Line a 10×15 jelly roll tray or baking sheet that has an edge with parchment paper (you can lightly grease it before so the parchment sticks) and Preheat oven to 350º
2. In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice
3.In another bowl mix together the sugar, eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin puree
7. While your cake is cooling go ahead and mix your cream cheese, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and pumpkin puree together for your filling.
8. Once cake is cool, gently unroll and smooth out your filling on your cake leaving ½ inch to 1 inch border, after you spread it out you want to gently re roll your cake up but without the parchment paper this time. And then you can roll up in parchment paper and tinfoil or just plastic wrap and let cool for at least an hour. Once chilled you can dust top with powdered sugar and slice to serve. Enjoy!
