Pumpkin Roll
From Stop and Smell the Rosemary (1996)
Cake:
¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1½ teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
⅔ cup pumpkin purée
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Powdered sugar
Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar, sifted
Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease, flour and line an 18- by 12-inch jelly-roll pan with wax paper. Sift flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Set aside. Beat eggs at high speed until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add sugar slowly, beating an additional 3 minutes. Stir in pumpkin purée and lemon juice. Fold in flour mixture until just incorporated. Spread batter carefully into prepared pan. Bake 15 minutes, or until cake tests done. Spread a tea towel on a flat surface and sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar. Turn cake out onto towel and remove wax paper. Roll cake in towel. Refrigerate 3 hours.
Mix cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla until blended. Unwrap chilled cake and remove towel. Spread filling carefully on cake. Roll back up. Cover top with sifted powdered sugar. Slice and serve. Serves 10.
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