Aunt Maggies Pumpkin Roll Food

AUNT MAGGIE'S PUMPKIN ROLL

Steps:

• Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a half sheet pan (13 x 18-inches) with parchment paper. Spray with baking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the eggs, sugar, and pumpkin puree. Beat with an electric mixer to combine. Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. Mix until smooth (about 2 minutes).
• Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan. Smooth and level with a spatula. Bake for 13-14 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool for about ten minutes. Then turn it out onto a tea towel sprinkled lightly with confectioners' sugar. Remove the parchment paper. Then sprinkle the cake lightly with confectioners' sugar. Gently roll the cake inside the towel. Place the cake in the refrigerator and allow it to cool completely. This will take about an hour.
• In the meantime, prepare the filling by beating together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, kosher salt, and confectioners' sugar. Beat until smooth and creamy.
• Once the cake is cooled, unroll it, and spread it with an even layer of cream cheese filling. Then, roll the cake up (this time without the tea towel). Place the roll onto a platter, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Before serving, sprinkle the roll with confectioners' sugar. Then, with a sharp knife, cut the roll into 12 slices. Any leftovers should be refrigerated.

PUMPKIN ROLL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 17 1/2- by 12 1/2-inch jellyroll pan.
• With an electric mixer, beat the eggs, granulated sugar, pumpkin and lemon juice until smooth. Sift together the flour, ginger, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
• Add the sifted ingredients to the egg mixture and blend until fully combined. Spread the batter in the jellyroll pan. Sprinkle the dough with the chopped pecans. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 14 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
• Invert the cake onto a wire rack. Sprinkle some of the confectioner' sugar on a large tea towel and carefully transfer the warm cake to the towel, folding the sides of the towel over the cake. Roll the cake up in the towel and cool in the refrigerator thoroughly for about 45 minutes.
• With an electric mixer, combine the confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla and beat until smooth. Carefully unroll the cooled cake and spread the mixture on top of the cake. Gently re-roll the cake up and refrigerate it until you're ready to slice and serve. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.