Saturday, December 27, 2008

Pat Nelson's Pumpkin Cake Roll

2/3 cup canned or cooked pumpkin
3 eggs
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp giner
1/2 tsp salt
powdered sugar
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmet
1/2 cup chopped nuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs until lemon colored. Gradually add sugar. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt; add to egg-pumpkin mixture. Line a 10x15 jelly roll pan with wax paper, then grease the paper. Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle powdered sugar on kitchen towel. Turn cake onto towl and remove wax paper. Roll up cake and towel lengthwise and cool. Refrigerate or freeze.

Filling:
6 oz cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup soft margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Whip cream cheese and margarine. Beat in 1 cup powdered sugar and vanilla. Unroll cake and spread with filling. Roll up again. Cut in half, wrap each half in plastic wrap and refrigerate or freeze.

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