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Mary Ellen's Pumpkin Roll

This came from Tom's secretary at MetroHealth many years ago. She is a great person and a good friend. Okay, Mary Ellen, you're in the book!

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 eggs
  • 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/2 ground cloves
  • pinch of salt

Filling

  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar
  • 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
  • 4 T. butter
  • 1 tsp. vanilla.

Instructions

Cake

  • Beat eggs on high for five minutes.
  • Stir in sugar, beat well until thick.
  • Add pumpkin, flour and spices.
  • Pour into a 15' x 10' jelly roll pan, which has been greased and lined with waxed paper and greased again.
  • Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
  • Let cool briefly
  • Sprinkle a tea towel with confectioner's sugar and turn out cake onto towel. Remove wax paper and roll up towel and all.
  • Let cool completely while making filling.

Filling

  • Mix all ingredients with electric mixer until light and fluffy
  • Unroll cake and spread with filling.
  • Roll up (without the towel, dummy)
  • Place on cake plate
  • Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.

Notes

This also freezes well but since I never have any left, I don't know.