Pumpkin Roll Cake
Pumpkin Roll Recipe by Emily Nabors Hall from Southern Living.
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Serving size: 8 slices
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup canned pumpkin (15-oz. can)
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract, divided
- 3/4 cup (about 3 1/4 oz.) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. kosher salt, divided
- 1 1/2 cups (about 6 oz.) powdered sugar, divided
- 1 (4.4-oz.) white chocolate bar, chopped (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese softened
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly coat a 15×10-inch jellyroll pan with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and lightly spray again with cooking spray.
Cake:
- Combine wet ingredients; whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, pumpkin, and 1 ½ tsp of vanilla in a bowl. Whisk together the dry ingredients; flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and ½ tsp of salt until well combined. Gradually sift the dry mixture into the wet mixture, folding to combine. Make sure that no flour pockets remain.
- Pour the batter in an even layer into the prepared pan.
- Bake the cake on the center rack for about 12 minutes. The center of the cake should spring back when pressed lightly.
- While the cake is baking, lay a linen towel down on a work surface (16”x12”). Sift ¼ cup of powdered sugar on the linen cloth.
- Turn the cake immediately onto the sugar-coated towel. Remove and discard the parchment paper.
- Starting on the short end, gently roll up the cake and towel together. Let cool on a wire rack for about 2 hours.
Filling:
- For the filling, fill a medium saucepan with water (1 inch deep). Bring the saucepan to a boil over medium-high heat and reduce to a simmer over medium-low.
- Put the white chocolate into a heatproof bowl and place the bowl on top of the saucepan, not touching the water. Cook over medium-low heat and stir until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in the cream cheese in 1-ounce increments until fully combined.
- Stir in 1 cup of powdered sugar, ½ tsp vanilla, and ¼ tsp salt. Chill, covered until the frosting is firm enough to spread. Approximately 1 hour.
- Very carefully unroll the cake and spread the frosting. Leave an ½ inch border on all sides.
- Reroll the cake without the towel. Dust with the remaining ¼ cup of powdered sugar.