The first time I had this it was baked by a close friend. I've always
enjoyed it.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Pumpkin Roll

2/3 cup pumpkin
1 cup sugar
3 eggs -- beaten at high speed for 5 minutes
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
FILLING:
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
8 ounce pkg. cream cheese -- softened
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine pumpkin and sugar. Add beaten eggs and stir. Add remaining
ingredients.

Grease a 15" x 10" jelly roll pan. Cover with wax paper and grease wax
paper. Pour batter into pan and bake for 10-15 minutes at 375ºF.

Spread tea towel on counter; dust with confectioner's sugar. When cake
is done, flip cake onto towel, peel off wax paper and roll up cake and
towel together. Allow to cool.

Mix all filling ingredients. Unroll cake when cool, spread filling on
cake and roll back up. Sprinkle outside with confectioner's sugar and
keep refrigerated.

Variation: I often like to add a few very finely-chopped pecans to the
filling.


--
Dora

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:04:06 -0500, "Elisa" > wrote:

>
>"Dora Crawford" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> The first time I had this it was baked by a close friend. I've always
>> enjoyed it.
>>
>>
>> * Exported from MasterCook *
>>
>> Pumpkin Roll
>>
>
>Is it hard to do the "roll up in a towel" thing? I've always been scared to
>try.
>
>Elisa

If someone posted a response I missed it. Louise has tried a few
recipes and the key is in how the batter is mixed. When she gets home
later I'll see what book she got the best directions from. Her's come
out beautifully. I'm not a pumpkin fan but love these rolls. I'll
try to post more later.

Lou

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:04:06 -0500, "Elisa" > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dora Crawford" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>> The first time I had this it was baked by a close friend. I've always
>>> enjoyed it.
>>>
>>>
>>> * Exported from MasterCook *
>>>
>>> Pumpkin Roll
>>>
>>
>>Is it hard to do the "roll up in a towel" thing? I've always been scared
>>to
>>try.
>>
>>Elisa

I didn't see the question, but no the "roll up in a towel" thing isn't
difficult. Make sure you do it while the cake is still warm to hot. Shake
plenty of powdered sugar on the towel so that it doesn't stick. I make at
least four to six of these a holiday season and they disappear quickly. You
can use parchment paper instead of towels but it I don't get as good a
result.

Take a try. It really isn't that difficult.

Cindi

>
> If someone posted a response I missed it. Louise has tried a few
> recipes and the key is in how the batter is mixed. When she gets home
> later I'll see what book she got the best directions from. Her's come
> out beautifully. I'm not a pumpkin fan but love these rolls. I'll
> try to post more later.
>
> Lou