A pumpkin cake roll with sweetened cream cheese filling.
INGREDIENTS (for 1 servings):
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2/3 cup pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
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- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan.
In a large bowl, beat eggs until fluffy. Beat in sugar until fluffiness resumes. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Spread in prepared pan; sprinkle with nuts.
Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes. Sprinkle a kitchen towel with confectioner's sugar. Turn cake out onto towel while still hot. Carefully roll cake in towel, long ends together, and let cool completely.
To Make Filling: In medium bowl, cream together cream cheese, butter and confectioners' sugar. Stir in vanilla.
Carefully unroll cooled cake and remove kitchen towel. Spread cake with filling and re-roll. Refrigerate until ready to serve.