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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cake Roll

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One of my favorite fall recipes! This is actually classified as a “sponge cake” as it gets its “lift” from the eggs and baking soda. It sounds more complicated than it is, and only takes 15 minutes of oven time.

Pictures will follow and I will update this post when I make this cake over the holidays, but a a very dear young lady, who made this cake with me once requested the recipe, and I have not yet taken pictures.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cake Roll

Rolled pumpkin sponge cake with cream cheese filling
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 Cake Roll

Equipment

  • Jelly Roll Pan 15" X 10" – if using a slightly larger pan, cake will be thinner and you must reduce cooking time.
  • Waxed Paper
  • Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
  • Large Mixing Bowl or bowl of stand mixer
  • Medium Mixing Bowl, or bowl of stand mixer
  • Clean dish towel for rolling cake

Ingredients
  

Pumpkin Cake

  • 1 tbsp Shortening For greasing pan, may substitue baking spray
  • 1 tbsp All Purpose Flour For dusting pan, may substitute baking spray
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2/3 cup Cooked Pumpkin
  • 1 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 3/4 cup Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tso Salt
  • 3/4 cup Pecans, finely chopped Optional
  • 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar For dusting dish towel after baking

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
  • 4 tbsp Butter, softened
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Milk optional, use only if needed
  • 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar For dusting before serving

Instructions
 

Pumpkin Cake Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Line jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Grease the wax paper and pan edges with shortening or spray with baking spray.
  • Dry ingredients: Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat the 3 eggs on high speed for 3 minutes.
  • Add sugar and beat on medium speed until fully incorporated.
  • Add cooked pumpkin and lemon juice and mix in on low speed until completely blended into the eggs and sugar.
  • Add dry ingredients into wet and mix in on low speed.
  • Spread cake mixture into prepared jelly roll pan. Make sure batter is evenly distributed in the pan.
  • Top with chopped pecans if using.
  • Place pan in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Invert pan onto a clean dish towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. This step is crucial. Do it right when you take the cake from the oven and immediately proceed to the next step for best results.
  • Leave wax paper in place and gently roll the cake up in the towel carefully starting with the short side of the cake. Allow the cake to cool completely in the rolled towel so when it is time to add the filling it is already comfortable with the rolled up shape.

Cream Cheese Filling

  • While cake is cooling, place powdered sugar, softened cream cheese, softened butter and vanilla in the bowl of the stand mixer or medium bowl if using hand mixer. Blend on medium speed until all ingredients are incorporated and a smooth and spreadable consistency. If too thick add a teaspoon or two of milke (one at a time )to achieve desired spreading consistency.

Assembly

  • Unroll cake and remove wax paper.
  • Spread cream cheese filling across the cake carefully in an even layer, going to the edges of the roll.
  • Using clean hands, re-roll the cake on top of the towel (do not roll up in the towel again). Transfer finished roll to a cutting board and trim off edges of roll.
  • Wrap roll tightly in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until serving.
  • To serve, remove plastic wrap, and dust with additional powdered sugar. Slice into 2-3 inch slices for individual servings.
Keyword cake, Cream cheese, Pumpkin, roll

Margarita Cupcakes

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Yield: 24 Cupcakes

A party in a paper baking cup! These cupcakes suitable for adult birthdays, Cinco de Mayo, office parties, and summer get togethers. They are as much fun to make as they are to eat.

This recipe starts with a simple white cake mix and then layers in margarita flavor to the cake and glaze. We finish with a little salt and lime cream cheese frosting. The salt will compliment the sweet tart of the lime cream cheese frosting.

If you wish to make a non-alcoholic version of these cupcakes, eliminate the alcohols from the glaze and replace with orange juice in combination with the margarita mix step as all other alcohol in the cake will cook out during baking, but leave behind the bright flavor of the spirits.

While it looks like a few steps, they are all pretty simple. It takes about two hours to make these cupcakes with baking and cooling times.

With a little salt and lime….

Ingredients

Cake
8 ounces Margarita Mix (no alcohol)
3 ounces Tequila
1 ounce Grand Marnier
1 box White Cake Mix
3 large Egg Whites
2 Tablespoons Avocado or Canola Oil
1 Tablespoon Lime Zest

Glaze
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup Margarita Mix (no alcohol)
1/4 Cup Tequila
1/8 Cup Grand Marnier

Frosting
1 Stick Unsalted Butter, softened 
8 Ounces Cream Cheese, softened
2 Teaspoons Lime Zest
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
4 to 4 1/2 Cups Confectioners Sugar
5 Tablespoons Lime Juice
4 Drops Lime Extract
 
Finishing Touches
Salt Flakes (suggest Maldon or Fleur de Sel)
Lime, sliced thin then cut slices in half 
Paper straws, cut to desired length

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with baking cups for 24 cupcakes.
  2. Whisk together the margarita mix, Tequila and Grand Marnier in a small bowl or measuring cup. Measure out 1 1/4 cups of liquid (or whatever quantity of water is called for on the cake mix box); reserve any remaining for the glaze.
  3. In a bowl of a stand mixer or mixing bowl with electric mixer, beat egg whites on high until foamy. Add oil and beat a few more seconds until combined with egg whites. Add cake mix and lime zest and the 1 1/4 cups of margarita mix from step 2. Beat on low for 30 seconds and then increase speed to medium for 2-3 minutes. Batter will be smooth but have lumps from the lime zest.
  4. Spoon batter into cupcake liners about 2/3 -3/4 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Know your oven. If it runs hot, check after 15 minutes, increasing time by 5 minute increments until toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Let cupcakes cook in pan for about 10 minutes and then move to a rack to completely cool.
  5. While cupcakes are cooling make glaze by combining sugar and margarita mix and butter in a small sauce pan.
  6. Heat over low heat, stirring to dissolve sugar and melt butter. When sugarr is dissolved and butter is fully melted, remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients, plus any liquid left from step 2.
  7. When cupcakes are completely cool, use a pastry brush to brush the glaze over the tops of the cupcakes in a thin layer. Do all cupcakes and then repeat the glazing until each cupcake has at least 3 coats of glaze.
  8. Prepare the icing:
    1. In a stand mixer with paddle blade, or large bowl with electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy and combined.
    2. Add in 4 cups of powdered sugar and the remaining ingredients. Beat until creamy.
    3. Add more powdered sugar until the frosting is of the consistency for spreading or piping.
  9. Ice the cupcakes using the method you prefer, spreading or piping it over the glazed cupcakes.
  10. To finish cupcakes, twist the thinly sliced lime halves and place on top of the cupcakes. Add a straw if desired and sprinkle with flake salt very, very lightly. Just a few flakes per cupcake. You want the hint of salt, but not too much.