Pumpkin Cake Roll

Pumpkin Cake Roll

Kathy Higaki, Hau’oli Kamana’o U.E.

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup pumpkin

1 tsp lemon juice

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup finely chopped nuts

Grease and flour a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan. Beat eggs on high for 3 minutes. Add sugar gradually. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice. Add dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Spread into pan. Top with nuts. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes. Turn out on towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Starting at narrow end, roll towel and cake together. Cool. Unroll. Add filling and roll again. Chill before serving. May sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Serves 8.

Adapted from – Favorite Recipes For Islanders, Hilo Extension Homemakers Council Inc., 1990

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