Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Slices of Pumpkin Cake Roll with cream cheese filling on a plate beside orange flowers and fall decor

Pumpkin Cake Roll

Prep Time 90 mins Cook Time 15 mins Rest Time 30 mins Total Time 2 hrs 15 mins

Description

A deliciously nutty, pumpkiny cake with a swirl of cream cheese frosting filling that is one of my fall favorites. The cream cheese is a nice bit of extra sweetness without over powering the pumpkiny flavor. For this recipe, we will be using Pumpkin Puree which you can make homemade with this recipe Pumpkin Puree Recipe. When sliced, recipe serves about 10. 

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

Cheesecake Frosting Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375˚F (190˚C). 

  2. Into your main mixing bowl, add eggs and mix at high speed for about 5 minutes. When they become light and fluffy, very slowly add your white sugar while your mixer is running.

  3. Add pumpkin puree and lemon juice and mix. (Homemade  pumpkin puree can be made with this recipe, Pumpkin Puree Recipe.)

  4. Sift in flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, salt and fold in gently. Mix until smooth.

  5. Line a 15x10x1 Jelly Roll pan with parchment paper. Pour your cake mix into the prepared pan and spread it out as evenly as you can with your spatula. Top with chopped nuts.

  6. Bake for 15 minutes. 

  7. Lay out a clean tea cloth sprinkled with powdered sugar. This next step, you're going to have to be brave. When done baking, gently remove the cake from the pan by picking it up by the parchment paper and in one smooth motion, flip it upside down onto the clean tea cloth sprinkled with powdered sugar.

  8. Gently peel off the parchment paper from the cake. Starting from one end, gently but tightly roll up the tea towel until the entire cake is rolled up and allow it to cool for about 30 mins or so. You want it to be at room temperature before you apply your frosting.

  9. Clean and dry your main mixing bowl and add powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract and mix together until your frosting is creamy and smooth. 

  10. When you cake is cooled, unroll the tea towel and add cream cheese frosting onto the cake roll. Spread it out as evenly as you can with your spatula. Once finished, gently roll up the cake roll with the cream cheese being on the inside of the cake roll. 

  11. Slice the cake roll and admire your beautiful roll that you made. If it isn't a perfect swirl, IT IS OK! Square swirls are just as beautiful and delicious! If you're not eating your cake roll right away, wrap it up in plastic wrap and chill in your fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!