Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 23 cup pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 34 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 12 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 12 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • In large bowl, combine eggs and sugar, beating with an electric mixer until thick and light yellow in color.
  • Add pumpkin and lemon juice, mixing until blended.
  • In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, spices and salt.
  • Add to egg mixture, mixing well.
  • Spread batter into greased and waxed-paper lined 10-by-15-inch jelly-roll pan.
  • Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Cool for 15 minutes.
  • Place cake on clean tea towel sprinkled liberally with powdered sugar.
  • Cool 10 minutes longer.
  • From 10- inch side, roll cake up in towel.
  • Set aside.
  • While cake is cooling in towel, prepare filling.
  • Beat together cream cheese and butter; stir in powdered sugar and vanilla and blend until smooth.
  • Unroll cake.
  • Evenly spread filling over cake.
  • Roll up cake (without the towel).
  • Wrap in plastic wrap.
  • Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
  • Slice before serving.
  • Keep leftover slices refrigerated.
  • This pumpkin roll freezes well.