Pumpkin Week~Part 1

Happy Tuesday morning! My husband had a great idea of sharing pumpkin recipes this week to get me prepared for Thanksgiving. Thank you, Honey! However, most of these recipes are not on my "diet", but with a little substituting, they can be a little more diet friendly.

Today's recipe is from Very Best Baking. This is one of our favorite Thanksgiving desserts. In December, I also make a few of these, cut them in half, and give them as Christmas gifts. Is there anyone who can turn down homemade baked goods?

Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

Cake:
powdered sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup pumpkin
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Filling:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
6 tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
powdered sugar

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease a 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan; line with wax paper.
• Grease and flour paper.
• Sprinkle a clean kitchen towel with powdered sugar. (Save for after the cake is done.)
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the eggs and sugar in a large mixer bowl until thick.
• Beat in pumpkin.
• Stir in the flour mixture.
• Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts, if desired.
• Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when touched.
• Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off the wax paper. (Be ever so gentle doing this step.)
• Roll up the cake and towel together, starting with the narrow end. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• After cake is cool, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla in a small mixer bowl until smooth.
• Carefully unroll the cake; remove towel.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over cake and then reroll.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. (I usually refrigerate for several hours.)
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
• Makes 10 servings. This is delicious!