Pumpkin Roll
Peter Pumpkin Eaters Favorite

Peter. Peter Pumpkin Eater never had a pumpkin roll this delicious.

Sprinkled with powder sugar and nutmeg, this is a great crowd pleaser.

Ingredients:   

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup mashed pumpkin
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 11/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 11/4 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:    

• Heat oven to 375 F degrees.
• Beat eggs at high speed with electric mixer for 5 minutes.
• Gradually add granulated sugar, beating well.
• Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.
• Add dry ingredient mixture to pumpkin mixture and blend well.
• Spoon batter into a greased and floured 15x10x1 inch jelly-roll pan, spreading evenly to corners of pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Turn cake onto a lint free towel sprinkled with 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
• Beginning at short end, roll up cake and towel together, jelly-roll fashion.
• Let cool.
• Combine remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla. 
• Beat until smooth and creamy.
• Unroll cake and spread with filling.
• Roll cake up again, without the towel.
• Chill seam side down.
• Sprinkle chilled pumpkin roll with a touch of powdered sugar and nutmeg.

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