Holiday Recipes ~~~ Pumpkin Roll

Pumpkin Roll


3 Eggs
1 C Sugar
2/3 C Canned Pumpkin
1 tsp Lemon Juice


Sift together:
3/4 C Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Ginger
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp Salt
1 C finely chopped pecans   (ok, add those AFTER sifting)\


Filling:
1 C Powdered Sugar
4 Tbsp butter
6 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 tsp Vanilla


1.  Preheat oven to 375.  Grease & flour 15x10x2 inch jelly roll pan.  Line pan with waxed paper.
2.  Beat eggs at high speed for 5 minutes.  Gradually add sugar.  Stir in pumpkin & lemon juice.
3.  Fold sifted ingredients into pumpkin mixture.  Spread batter in pan and sprinkle with pecans.  Bake for 15 minutes & remove from oven.  Let cake sit in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a clean tea towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.  Peel off wax paper.  While cake is still warm, roll in towel lengthwise.
4.  Beat filling ingredients until smooth.  When cake is cool, unroll and spread with filling.  Re-roll without towel, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.  


Serves 10