Description
Creamy pumpkin roll with cream cheese filling brings autumn’s warmth to your dessert table. Spiced cake rolls around silky filling create a delightful seasonal treat you’ll savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
Spices and Seasonings:
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Filling and Topping:
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese (softened)
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup toasted pecans (finely chopped)
Instructions
- Prepare the oven at 375°F and line a 15×10 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper, ensuring complete coverage and smooth edges.
- Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy, then incorporate pumpkin puree and vanilla extract, creating a smooth liquid base.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a separate bowl, then gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared pan, using a spatula to spread smoothly and sprinkle chopped pecans across the surface.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until cake springs back when lightly touched and edges slightly pull away from pan sides.
- While cake bakes, prepare cream cheese filling by beating cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until silky and well-blended.
- Immediately after removing from oven, dust a clean kitchen towel with powdered sugar and carefully invert warm cake onto towel.
- Carefully roll cake with towel from short end, allowing it to cool completely in rolled position to prevent cracking.
- Once cooled, unroll cake, spread cream cheese filling evenly, then re-roll cake without towel, seam-side down.
- Refrigerate rolled cake for 1-2 hours to set filling and enhance flavor, then dust with additional powdered sugar before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smooth mixing and even baking of the pumpkin roll.
- Line the baking tray with parchment paper carefully, allowing slight overhang for easy cake removal without breaking.
- Dust the towel generously with powdered sugar to prevent the delicate cake from sticking during the rolling process.
- Try alternative nut toppings like walnuts or almonds for different flavor profiles and textures.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 308 kcal
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 55 mg