Pumpkin Roll

I decided to try and make a pumpkin roll when we had a group over at the beginning of November. I looked at multiple recipes on the internet and ended up coming up with a combination of a few. For the most part, the recipe I used comes from Southern Living, but I made a few changes based on some  recipes that I saw.

Pumpkin Roll

Cake:
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2/3 cup pumpkin
1/2 tsp. lemon juice

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
8 oz. cream cheese
3/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. butter

Coat bottom and sides of 15x10 pan with cooking spray and line pan with wax paper. Spray wax paper with cooking spray (just in case to prevent any possible sticking).

In mixing bowl, beat eggs and then gradually add in granulated sugar. Combine flour and next 6 dry ingredients. Gradually add dry ingredients to egg mixture. Combine pumpkin and lemon juice, and gradually add to mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 15 minutes or until done. When you remove from the oven, roll cake (leaving wax paper attached to cake)* and let cake cool completely seam side down.

For icing, beat cream cheese and butter. Gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla.

**I recommend once you get the icing mixed to put it in the refrigerator while the cake is cooking. The first time I didn't and it was a lttle too liquidy when I was rolling it in with the cake.

Unroll cake when cooled. Loosen wax paper from cake a little. Spread icing mixture on cake. Reroll, removing wax paper as you roll. Once you are done, refrigerate at least a few hours before serving. Sprinkle powdered sugar, or whatever else you like, on top before serving.

*If you prefer to remove the wax paper before you roll the cake, be sure you put powdered sugar or something on whatever you use so it doesn't stick and end up cracking. A lot of people put it on a towel to roll, but I found that using wax paper worked great and was easy!

Here is a pic of the first one that I made in November. It wasn't the prettiest pumpkin roll ever and it definitely had a few cracks, but it was pretty when it was sliced and it tasted great. I ended up making pumpkin rolls for two Thanksgiving get togethers that we went to, and they turned out prettier the second and third time!! I'll have to take a pic next time and replace this one!

This is great for fall and the holidays!