PUMPKIN ROLL CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Pumpkin Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Filling image

Provided by Rosie Bialowas

Yield Serves 10 to 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

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1 cup sugar
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
3 large eggs, beaten to blend
2/3 cup canned solid pack pumpkin
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x5/8-inch jelly roll pan. Line pan with waxed paper; butter paper. Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
Lay kitchen towel on work surface; dust with 2 tablespoons powdered sugar. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn out cake onto sugared towel, waxed-paper side up. Fold 1 side of towel over 1 long side of cake, then roll up cake jelly roll style. Cool cake.
Combine cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla in medium bowl; beat to blend. Mix in walnuts.
Unroll cake; leave on towel. Peel off paper. Spread cream cheese filling evenly over cake. Using towel as, roll up cake and place seam side down on platter. Trim ends of cake. Dust cake with powdered sugar. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Cut cake crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices and serve.