Experience the Holidays: Velvet-Filled Pumpkin Roll! Announcing a festive cake that looks as though you stopped by the bakery. Anyone can feel like a professional pastry chef with this holiday specialty. In a few simple steps, the rich pumpkin flavor is enhanced by the velvety cream filling. Afterwards all you have to do is sit back and bask in the accolades.
VELVET-FILLED PUMPKIN ROLL
Ingredients for Pumpkin Roll:
3 eggs
2/3 cup pumpkin purée
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup chopped pecans
Ingredients for Velvet Filling:
8 ounces Neufchâtel cheese
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375°. Grease and line a 10″x15″ jelly roll pan with waxed paper. For pumpkin roll combine eggs, pumpkin purée, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and flour. Mix until well blended. Pour into jelly roll pan and spread evenly to edges. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Bake 12-15 minutes. Watch carefully. Remove from oven. Sprinkle powdered sugar on a tea towel, turn cake onto towel, and remove the waxed paper. Starting at one end, roll the cake up, and refrigerate for one hour. Meanwhile, combine Neufchâtel cheese, vanilla, butter, and powdered sugar. Mix together until smooth and velvety. After one hour, unroll cake and spread the filling all the way to the edges. Reroll cake and refrigerate two hours longer. Dust with powdered sugar. Slice and serve.
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Looks so festive.
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It’s a holiday favorite at my house. 🍃🍒🌲
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Looks too good to eat but I’m sure we’ll try 😋😋😋
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We did. 🤣
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Wow! The decoration is fantastic too. Terrible how many calories to enjoy. 😉 Thank you, Gail! There is no forgiveness without sin. :-)) Michael
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That plate was a gift to me from a very dear friend. 🍃🍒🌲
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A great one, remembers me on the so called “Bohemian style”, here we are having too.
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This not only looks yummy but also very elegant and like haute-cuisine.
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Thank you, Erika. Your words are very uplifting. 💫
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My pleasure, Gail!
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Adding this to our Christmas wish list!
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You must. And remember, you can eat one now and freeze one for later. Unless you plan to share one as a gift. 😋🌿💕🌲
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I imagine a slice of this would feel as if you’re sitting on top of a tasty cloud.
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Just like a character from the popular game, Candyland. Perhaps I’m Grandma Nutt. 😜
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Who would I be?
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The dashing Lord Licorice, of course. 😜🎩
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I’ll take it!
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Yes… yes… yep… GET IN MAH BELLAY!!
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Grab a cuppa joe and dig in! ☕️🍃😋
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Pumpkin rolls are so good – a DIL makes them 🙂
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This must be delicious..
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You must, however, resist the urge to scoop out the cream cheese filling with your finger. 🤣
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