Pumpkin Cake Recipe is an old
fashioned Pumpkin Roll cake with nuts, raisins or Craisins and spices
filled with a Cream Cheese Filling.
It is delicious with Penuche Frosting and the top sprinkled additional large pecan pieces.
Roll the cake to look like a "log" for holidays, especially Christmas.
Cover the log with chocolate frosting and make indentations in the frosting with a spoon to look like tree bark.
For snow affect sprinkle top of log with extra fine ground coconut.
Red and green Maraschino Cherries, chopped, halved or left whole placed on top gives it a festive look.
I adapted this Pumpkin Cake Recipe from one that first appeared in a Better Homes and Garden magazine.
I believe it was in the mid 1970's.
Also included is a Pumpkin Date Torte Recipe.
Separate egg yolks from the whites.
Set whites aside.
Beat the yolks in a mixing bowl on high speed until light and thickened.
Takes about 3 minutes.
Gradually beat in sugar until mixture is creamed well.
Stir in pumpkin.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
Fold into egg yolk mixture very gently so as not to break the air bubbles already whipped in.
This Pumpkin Cake Recipe makes a sponge cake.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, but not until overly dry.
Carefully fold into batter until all whites are mixed in well.
Fold in nuts and raisins or craisins.
Grease a 15" x 10" jelly-roll pan.
Place a layer of parchment paper on bottom of pan.
Grease paper and dust with flour.
Pour
batter into pan.
Bake in a preheated oven 375 F. for 12-15 minutes
until lightly browned and center of cake springs back when touched
lightly in center with finger.
Then it is done.
Remove
from oven.
Immediately invert onto a non-terry kitchen cloth (a linen
towel is great), which has been sprinkled generously with powdered
sugar.
Work quickly to
prevent cake from cracking.
Peel paper from cake and sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Trim hard edges around cake if preferred.
Roll
cake and towel up jelly-roll style, starting with the 10" side.
Place
on a flat surface with the seam side down, cover loosely, and let cool
completely.
Unroll the cake. Spread the Cream Cheese Filling over top.
Sprinkle with Maraschino Cherries and re-roll.
Place in the refrigerator several hours to chill before serving.
Let butter and cream cheese stand to get to room temperature to soften.
Cream them together on medium speed until light.
Stir in vanilla.
Add powdered sugar a little at a time, beating on medium speed until creamy.
Spread over cooled cake.
Sprinkle on Maraschino Cherries.
In the early 1960s my Husband and I bought our first house.
When we closed on the sale, the wife of the couple we bought brought our home from handed me a sheet of paper with this recipe hand written on it.
Dredge chopped pecans and chopped dates in the 2 tablespoons flour and set aside.
Melt butter in a small saucepan.
Blend in brown sugar.
Remove from heat and stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together the 1/2 cup flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
Fold into the pumpkin mixture.
Mix thoroughly and fold in the pecans and dates.
Pour into a parchment lined and greased 9" baking pan.
Bake in a preheated oven 350F. for 20-25 minutes until tests done.
Do not over bake.
Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes in pan and turn out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Can serve warm or cold with whipped cream sprinkles with ground cinnamon or ice cream.
Vanilla ice cream is especially delicious with this Pumpkin Date Torte Recipe.
Cooled Torte can also be frosted with 1/2 of the Pumpkin Cake Recipe Roll Cream Cheese Filling above.
Key Lime Pie Recipe. Old fashioned key lime pie made with Florida key limes, sweetened condensed milk topped with meringue and sprinkled with coconut.