Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • 2/3 Cup pumpkin
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 Cup flour
  • 1/2 Cup chopped pecans
  • Filling:
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 Cup powdered sugar

Method

  • Beat eggs and sugar for 5 minutes on high.
  • Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice.
  • Mix dry ingredients together and fold into pumpkin mix.
  • Spread on greased & floured jelly roll pan.
  • Sprinkle nuts on top.
  • Bake 15 minutes @375.
  • Cool slightly.
  • Turn out onto linen dish towel dusted with powdered sugar (can turn pan over and let cake drop out. If not perfect -not to worry the filing will hold it together).
  • Starting at the narrow edge, roll towel and cake together with nuts to the outside. Cool and thoroughly unroll.
  • Spread with filling.
  • Reroll.
  • Refrigerate. (does freeze well).
  • Filling: soften cream cheese and beat ingredients until smooth.