Grandma Carol's Pumpkin Roll

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

Grandma Carol's pumpkin roll recipe makes a spiced pumpkin rollade cake stuffed with a sweet, delicious cream cheese filling, perfect for the holidays.

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2/3 cup pumpkin puree
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12x17-inch jelly roll pan and line with parchment paper; grease the parchment paper. Generously dust a large kitchen towel with confectioners' sugar. Set aside.
2 Beat white sugar, pumpkin, and eggs together in a large bowl until creamy.
3 Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a medium bowl; gradually stir into egg mixture until well combined. Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
4 Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
5 Immediately turn cake onto the prepared kitchen towel. Starting at a long end, roll up pumpkin cake and towel. Let rolled cake rest for 10 minutes.
6 Beat 16-ounce package confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth; fold in pecans.
7 Unroll cake; spread evenly with filling. Roll up cake (without towel). Cut off jagged ends. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
8 Cut cake in half; sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.