Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Cakes - Recipe for Pumpkin Cake Roll

Pumpkin Cake Roll

From the kitchen of Debra Oliver

Ingredients

Cake:
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup pumpkin
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cups nuts, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Filling:
4 tablespoons margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces cream cheese

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Grease and flour a cookie sheet pan.

  3. Beat eggs at high speed for 5 minutes. Gradually add sugar, lemon juice and pumpkin.

  4. Mix in 1 cup nuts, salt, flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.

  5. Spread prepared cookie sheet.

  6. Top with remaining nuts, chopped fine.

  7. Bake 15 minutes.

  8. Sprinkle powdered sugar on a tea towel; turn cake onto towel and roll. Cool 1 hour and unroll.

  9. To make the filling; let the cream cheese and margarine soften; blend with powdered sugar and vanilla. Spread filling on cake and roll up again.

  10. Chill before serving.