Healthier Pumpkin Roll With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

HEALTHY PUMPKIN ROLL (LESS SUGAR & CALORIES, SAME FLAVOR!)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan and line with wax or parchment paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar or flour. 2. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until thick. Add pumpkin and mix well. 3. Pour into prepared jelly roll pan and spread batter with a spatula into corners and edges of pan, as spreading evenly as possible. 4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. Loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel immediately. 5. Peel off paper carefully. Starting with the narrow end, roll up cake and towel together. Cool in the refrigerator for minimum 30 minutes, up to one hour. 6. Beat soft cheese, maple syrup, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Chill in the fridge until cake is cool. 7. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. 8. Sprinkle with homemade powdered sugar or flour before cutting and serving, if desired.

PUMPKIN ROLL, LIGHTENED UP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F and place oven rack in the center of the oven. Spray a 15 x 10 inch baking pan with non-stick spray, line it with parchment paper, then spray a little more non-stick spray and lightly flour the parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, and salt into a large bowl.
• Beat the eggs and sugar together in your electric mixer or hand mixer. Beat on high speed for five minutes, or until thick, pale yellow, and fluffy. (When you slowly raise the beaters the batter will fall back into the bowl in slow ribbons.)
• Beat in the vanilla extract and pumpkin puree.
• Using a spatula, gently fold in the sifted flour mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, evenly spreading the cake batter with a spatula or knife.
• Bake about 13 - 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the cake, when lightly pressed, springs back.
• Sprinkle a clean dish towel with confectioners' sugar.
• Immediately upon removing the cake from the oven invert the pumpkin roll onto the clean dish towel. Carefully remove the parchment paper from the bottom of the cake and sprinkle lightly with confectioners sugar; roll the pumpkin roll up with the towel, while it is still hot and pliable. Place on a wire rack to cool.
• Beat the cream cheese, yogurt, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and beat until smooth; fold in the walnuts.
• Refrigerate at least one hour.
• Unroll the pumpkin roll, spread with the filling, and re-roll. Transfer to your serving platter; cover and chill in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. (You can serve this cake immediately but chilling it overnight sets the filling and makes it easier to slice.)
• Just before serving, lightly dust with powdered sugar.

PAUL'S PUMPKIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir into the pumpkin mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Spread the batter evenly into an ungreased 10x15 inch jellyroll pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in preheated oven. Cool before frosting.
• To make the frosting, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar a little at a time, beating until mixture is smooth. Spread evenly on top of the cooled bars. Cut into squares.