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Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

A classic fall pumpkin roll: a tender spiced pumpkin sponge baked on a sheet pan, rolled while warm so it will not crack, then filled with a sweet cream cheese frosting. Easier than it looks with a parchment trick.
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 10 slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

Pumpkin roll
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2/3 cup pumpkin puree
Cream cheese filling
  • 8 oz cream cheese room temperature, full fat
  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 heaping cup powdered sugar

Method
 

Pumpkin roll
  1. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, cream the eggs, sugar, vanilla and pumpkin puree. Combine wet and dry and mix slowly just until combined.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray lightly with cooking spray. Tuck a few strips of parchment under the lining with the ends sticking out the sides so you can lift the cake out easily.
  3. Spread the batter evenly over the sheet with a rubber spatula, pushing it into the corners and leveling it. Bake at 375°F for about 15 minutes, until the cake springs back when touched.
  4. After a few minutes of cooling, lift the cake by the parchment strips and gently roll it up as tightly as possible. Cool on a wire rack with the seam on the bottom. Cooling it rolled keeps it from cracking later.
Filling and assembly
  1. With a stand or hand mixer, cream the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth. Add a teaspoon of water if too thick, or more powdered sugar if too thin; it should hold its shape but spread easily.
  2. Once the roll has cooled completely, unroll it and spread the frosting over the whole rectangle, leaving about 1 inch bare around the edges so it will not squeeze out.
  3. Roll it back up and chill in the fridge until ready to serve.

Notes

Full-fat cream cheese gives the best filling. Chill before slicing for clean slices.