Marilyn's Pumpkin Roll
INGREDIENTS
CAKE:
1/4 cup powdered sugar (to sprinkle on towel)
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
3 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup pumpkin
FILLING:
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
4 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar (optional for decoration)
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR CAKE:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar. COMBINE flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt in small bowl and set aside. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts (optional). BAKE for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes.) Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack. FOR FILLING:
BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired. COOKING TIP:
Be sure to put enough powdered sugar on the towel when rolling up the cake so it will not stick.
