Categories: cake

Ingredients

• Powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup pure pumpkin
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 365 degrees. Grease 15×10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar.

2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a small bowl. Beat eggs and sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts.

3. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until top pf cake springs back when touched. Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

4. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar , butter and vanilla in a small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake; remove towel. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

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