PUMPKIN AND CREAM CHEESE ROLL UP 
3/4 c. sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c. sugar
2/3 c. canned solid-pack pumpkin
1 c. chopped walnuts
Cream Cheese Filling

Preheat oven to moderate (375 degrees). Grease a 15 x 10 x 1 inch jelly roll pan. Line with wax paper; grease and flour the wax paper.

Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and salt onto wax paper. Beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl until thick and fluffy; beat in pumpkin. Stir in sifted dry ingredients all at once. Pour into prepared pan, spread evenly with rubber spatula. Sprinkle with nuts.

Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes or until center springs back when lightly touched with fingertips. Loosen cake around edges with a knife. Invert onto clean damp towel dusted with confectioners' sugar; peel off wax paper. Trim 1/4 inch from all sides. Roll up cake and towel together from short side. Place seam side down on wire rack; cool completely. Unroll cake. Spread with Cream Cheese Filling. Reroll cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

CREAM CHEESE FILLING:

Beat together 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, 1 (8 ounce) package softened cream cheese, 6 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth.

 

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