Vegan Pumpkin Cake Roll

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar is lower on the glycemic index.

vegan cream cheese

🥗Healthier: silken tofu

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Silken tofu provides creaminess with fewer calories.

coconut oil

🥗Healthier: applesauce

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Applesauce reduces fat while keeping moisture.

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Line the bottom of a 11x15-inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper (this is a must) and lightly grease the sides with oil.

In a small bowl combine together the flour, spices, leavening agents and salt.

In another bowl, cream together the pumpkin and granulated sugar only. Icing sugar is for sprinkling on the towel to roll the cake.

Add the oil and vanilla and mix until blended well.

Stir in half the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, blending until just mixed. Add the balance flour mix and blend it once again.

Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan, preferably using an offset spatula. The spread batter will be very thin. (See My Notes)

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Remove the pan out of the oven. Loosen the edges of the cake with a butter knife and invert onto a clean dish towel sprinkled with the icing sugar. Peel off the parchment paper. Roll from the long side of the cake, wrapping it in the towel. Let the cake cool on a cooling rack for at least an hour. Prepare the cream cheese filling meanwhile.

In a large bowl, cream together the cream cheese and margarine.

Add the icing sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy.

Make sure the cream is firm, but still easy to spread by storing it in the freezer to firm up for 30-60 minutes.

Unroll the cooled cake and spread the filling throughout the cake.

Re-roll the cake without the towel and wrap the cake roll with plastic wrap.

Cover it again with aluminum foil or the towel itself and store the cake in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.

Store leftover cake, wrapped in the fridge.

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