For the last 8 years my friends and I have religiously reserved a night in November to make pumpkin rolls. The process of making Pumpkin Rolls is NOT an easy task & not a recipe one can make alone. You need friends, snacks & wine. Once made though they make your life easier. Pull one out of the freezer, hop in the car and go to that Holiday party, Thanksgiving dinner or hanging with some friends.
This year we had a real treat because my sister recently purchased a home with DOUBLE OVENS! What usually takes us 4-5 hours (we make around 20) was done in 3 this year leaving us more time to hang out, catch up & partake in our newly baked goodies.
Below is the actual Pumpkin Roll recipe & some pictures of this years event. We make a mess but the outcome is worth it and everyone loves our Pumpkin Rolls.
Pumpkin Roll Recipe:
- 3 Eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2/3 cup Pumpkin
- 3/4 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
Filling:
- 8 ounces Cream cheese -- softened
- 4 tablespoons Butter -- or margarine
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Preparation:
in large bowl, combine eggs and sugar, beating well. Add pumpkin, mixing until blended. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to egg mixture, mixing well. Spread batter into greased and waxed-paper lined 10-by-15-inch jelly-roll pan.
Bake at 350 ° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool for 15 minutes. Place cake on clean tea towel sprinkled liberally with powdered sugar. Cool 10 minutes longer. From 10- inch side, roll cake up in towel. Set aside. While cake is cooling in towel, prepare filling. Beat together cream cheese and butter; stir in powdered sugar and vanilla and blend until smooth.
Unroll cake. Evenly spread filling over cake. Roll up cake (without the towel). Wrap in plastic wrap. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. Slice before serving. Keep leftover slices refrigerated. This pumpkin roll freezes well.
Kristin Moran
Specializing in San Antonio & surrounding cities
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Hey Kristin - I've bookmarked this post. Looks yummy. How about posting a pic of the finished product? Is the recipe for one roll? What's the consistency of the batter? Am I being a pain? :-)
Sandy - ;). HA! Yes, the recipe is for one roll. We split up the ingredients & figure out how many eggs, flour, etc. IT'S quite the TASK! The consistency of the batter is like a cake batter, you spread it evenly on the wax paper in the cookie sheet. FINAL PRODUCT! I will work on that picture for you! KM
All that work, we look like worn out pups! But they are delicious!
You go girl...that is a task for sure...Look for your gold star from me! I think that is wonderful..Karen, owner of the AR cookbook group! Thank you for posting and keep up the great work!
Kristin - That sounds like a delicious recipe. I think I'm going to try it for Thanksgiving this year. Thanks for sharing! :)
Kristin,
It looks like you had a great time. The rolls look awesome.
Ann
Looks like I have a reason to get the girls togeather!! Thanks Kristin
Hi Kristin, Your pumpkin rolls sound really delicious. I'll bet "y'all" get a lot of oohs and aahs over these. By the way, I notice that one of your pictures has orbs in it. "orbs" in photos has been a subject here in the rain.
Sheila - Yes, Yes. THey are so good. I had to open one up to model for the last picture! So, of course I had a piece.
Karen - Thank you ma'am! Glad this group was here for me to post in!
Debi - Make sure you get your friends together. It's a daunting task alone!
Ann - Thank you! They are so good.
Mandi - Absolutely!
Shirley - I had to go and search orbs. I htought you were telling me I wasn't in complaince or something like that! I learned something new today! Interesting. I thought that was powdered sugar floating around as it was everywhere else! BUT! It's orbs! Interesting.
Kristin, You don't make it sound that hard, but I know from trying, rolling it up is!! Thanks for adding the final product pictures!
I've added your pumpkin roll recipe to my Great Pumpkin Recipe book. Thanks. I just hope they go good with margaritas -- LOL.
LOL, Kristin... Don't be tempted to eat all the pumpkin rolls before their appointed time.
Perfect, just in time for Thanksgiving. Video is a nice touch.
Thanks for the pic, Kristin - looks really yummy! I've already copied and printed the recipe. I will be making two of them. Will let you know how it turns out. :-)
Just one more question - when you roll it up with the towel, do you roll it so that the towel is rolled with the cake? Kind of like where the icing would be? In other words, you don't roll the cake just by itself and then roll it in the towel - right? I hope that made sense . . .:-/
Sandy
Connie - You said it lady! It breaks & you have to repair it! It's all good though when it's frozen!
Russell- Trust me...it's delicious w/margaritas :).
SP - Oh! They are all gone already ;). Just kidding.
Cindy - Thank you Cindy!
Sandy - You want me to come over and make them with yoU? ;0. You roll it up w/the towel originally so it can cool (maybe 15-20 mins) SO, you grab the slightly hot cake place it on the towel (sprinkle some powdered sugar so it doesn't stick) and roll them both up together -make sense? Then you unroll it (after it's completely cool) put the icing in it and re-roll it WITHOUT the towel and then put it in wax paper and aluminum foil. We use the wax paper first (less sticky) and then wrap it again w/the aluminum foil and then FREEZE IT!
Sure - we still have a few leaves on the trees for you to enjoy! We'd have so much fun. ;-) I don't like margaritas - ya like classic gin martinis? LOL I'll make you whatever you want. :-)
Thanks!
I just love this dessert, the fall is the best time to have it , give us more recpes, thanks from TEnnessee ,
Kristin - I'm taking this pumpkin roll to my mom's house for Thanksgiving. I'll let you know how it came out... :)
Kristin - Hi! I just wanted to tell you that your pumpkin roll recipe was a hit! I took it to my parent's house on Thanksgiving Day, and even those who aren't fond of pumpkin really liked it! :)
I am so glad Debi! And you are so right, even the non pumpkin lovers (ME) love the pumpkin roll. Maybe it should get a new name, the "cream cheese roll"? ???? Glad you liked it!
This looks really great! I wish I saw it before Thanksgiving......... But I will try it! Thanks for posting!
I made some of these, but I should have used a larger pan because I only got about three turns before I reached the end. Next time I will ignore the instructions from the recipe on the can and use a cookie sheet.
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I've been looking all over the net for something like this to take to a party. I'm going to practice...!
Hi Kristin - I'm not the cook in our house but I certainly will pass this recipe on to those that are. I specialize in eating lol.
Hi Kristin, I have also started making pumpkin rolls; they are so delicious and perfect for the holidays. The recipe I use is slightly different than yours...the filling has toffee pieces in it. Here's a link to the post I wrote that includes that recipe:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/786644/Pumpkin-Roll-Up-Cake
Have a great day!
--Anne Rains
http://ladyofrealty.blogspot.com