The Best Pumpkin Roll
"This is the best pumpkin roll I've ever tasted. Everyone who tastes it always asks for the recipe. I make this every year for Thanksgiving Day and everyone always manages to cram some in their already stuffed bellies! Comes from Nancy at allrecipes.com. (Note: One 29 oz. can of pumpkin will make 5 pumpkin rolls.)"
photo by vestspeechteacher
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 pumpkin roll
ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2⁄3 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional, I omit)
- confectioners' sugar, for dusting
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Filling
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 15x10x1 inch baking pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the paper.
- In large bowl, beat eggs on high for 5 minutes. Gradually add white sugar and pumpkin. Add flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Spread batter evenly in pan. Sprinkle walnuts evenly on top (if using).
- Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Immediately turn out onto a linen towel dusted with confectioners sugar. Peel off paper and roll cake up in the towel, starting with the short end. Cool.
- Mike confectioners sugar, vanilla, butter or margarine and cream cheese together for filling until smooth.
- Carefully unroll the cake. Spread filling over cake to within 1 inch of edges. Roll up again. Cover and chill until serving. Dust with additional confectioners sugar, if desired.
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Reviews
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I have been making this recipe for years since I found it in a 1976 BH&G Holiday Cooking magazine at a yard sale. Slight changes I make to quantities: 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. ginger, 1 cup finely chopped walnuts. This tastes fabulous! The cake is very moist & company is always impressed! -
this is just like the libby's recipe except they put in 1/2 tsp each of powder and soda and 1/2 tsp cloves i like the idea of more cinnamon and ginger though. i cant wait. thanks! this was very yummy. my husbands favorite treat and this one didnt crack when i rolled it. thanks i'l be keeping this one. i did use the cinnamon and ginger idea the ginger gives a great little kick. mmm -
This is a great recipe! Finally a recipe that tells you how long to beat the eggs. My cake turned out perfect. I've always had trouble with this kind of cake baked in a jelly roll pan. This recipe is definitely better than the "Libby's" recipe. You just have to list the salt measurement in the recipe. -
This recipe was awesome! Tasted pumpkin roll for the first time at the Amish market at my local flea market. Feel accomplished that I was able to make it from scratch and my family is in LOVE!!! The cake is moist and the cream cheese filling is delish! Made one yesterday and today (just to finish using the leftover pumpkin). My new Kitchen Aid mixer made this recipe a breeze:)
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I love to cook and I love to bake even more. Obviously growing up here in Lancaster County (PA Dutch Country), I come from a long history of women who were homemakers with many children and cooking and baking were MANDATORY every night. 3 course meals with freshly baked desserts were staples every day growing up in my family. I, on the other hand, am a busy, professional, business owner with very long/late hours. I try to make as many homemade meals as possible but it is very difficult with my work schedule.
In this neck of the woods, most recipes we grew up on and love are all stored in the mind only, no paper trails to be found. There are so many recipes I've gathered from watching my mom cook & bake over the years that are consider comfort food to me that I must take the time to write down the measurements so I can share them with all of you. I feel it's the least I can do after all of the wonderful new recipes I've obtained from everyone here. I just love to try new recipes and experiment with new ingredients.
