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I am making a pumpkin roll for Thanksgiving dessert. I made one last year, and we enjoyed it. I will use the same cake recipe, though I am upping my game this year by decorating the batter, like this:

Last year's filling was a fairly standard cream cheese frosting which was fine, but I don't want fine :). I leaning toward a marscapone, whipped cream filling, hoping it would be a bit lighter. For flavors, I was thinking orange, but my sister's dessert contribution is orange/ginger/cranberry flavor profile, so I feel I should go in a different direction.

Here are some thoughts:

spiced apple marscapone
maple marscapone
Coffee Caramel Cream Cheese (this is on NYTimes)
Toffee Marscapone(or cream cheese) filling

What flavor would you like in a pumpkin roll? I think I am leaning toward the Coffee Caramel, maybe it is like a latte?

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localeater
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The pumpkin roulade was a huge success. Definitely the star dessert.

The design was a fail, I’ll have to try that technique again. It requires a double flip of the sponge, and after the first flip I had the start of a crack so I did not attempt another. My sister’s oven runs hotter than mine, I think. I didnt bring my thermapen, and learned she doesnt have one(Christmas gift!)

I purchased maple sugar and maple essence from King Arthur to ensure I could get good maple flavor without compromising the stiffness of the mascarpone filling. It was divine. I do love King Arthur. Sis and I are signed up for a baking class in Feb, looking forward to it.

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mtnrdredux_gw
last year
I am biased since I don't like coffee, but I also think it may be too stong. My vote is maple.
Funkyart
last year
I think both maple and coffee caramel sound great -- toffee sounds too sweet and spiced apple seems like too much going on with pumpkin.
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Ida
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Honestly, anything with mascarpone or cream cheese would knock my socks off, so I think everything you've described sounds amazingly delicious!
localeater
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last year
Thanks Mtn. I think the coffee caramel will either be delicious or very weird. Maple was my original thought. I am going to do maple leaves in the batter as the decoration, so it would be on theme!
mtnrdredux_gw
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It sounds both delicious and beautiful.
Kswl
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I once had pistachio creme brulee and thought at the time how fabulous it would be paired with pumpkin. No practical suggestions to implement that though.

I would not use another fruit flavor like apple, as it will battle against the pumpkin instead of complement it. You are better off staying with warm spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom; nut flavors from pecan, pepitas, hazelnuts or pistachios; or even chocolate.

I am not a big fan of maple these days, both because that flavor is so overused in cooking right now and because it is too often used to cloying excess.
deegw
last year
I love pumpkin muffins/bread with semi-sweet chips. My taste buds definitely run savory/bitter so my dessert choices might not be universally appreciated.
Olychick
last year
Maybe a liquor like Frangelico or Amaretto?
nicole___
last year
THAT is sooooooooooooo pretty! I'm impressed by the way it looks! Dang!
Bestyears
last year
Ooooh, I'm making a pumpkin roll this year too -how do you do that fancy decoration on the outside?!??!
localeater
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@Funkyart Toffee sounded too sweet to me also, hence the hesitancy. I love pumpkin pancakes for breakfast with sauteed apples, which is where the spiced apple marscapone idea came from, but I was concerned about duplication of flavors, since someone is sure to bring an apple pie.

@Kswl Cardamom oh yes! I will experiment with cardamom/maple. Dont worry I do not have a heavy hand with maple!

@deegw I should have added the caveat that I will not consider chocolate- I am not a big fan of chocolate.

@nicole___ Hopefully mine will come out relatively pretty. If not my family can laugh at my fail. We are having a BIG family Thanksgiving this year so there will be lots of laughing.

@Ida Me too!
localeater
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@Bestyears You mix some of your batter with coloring, then pipe the decoration onto your parchment. Let the decoration freeze, then quickly spread the remaining batter over the frozen design and plonk it in the oven. Say a little prayer, do a little dance, and cross your fingers.
deegw
last year
localeater, you are brave! That fact that you won't see the final decoration results until after you bake it and roll it up would be too fraught for me.
localeater
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last year
@deegw It's for family Thanksgiving, if you cant laugh at a spectacular fail with your brothers, sisters, kids, nieces and nephews, who can you laugh with? Regardless of appearance, I'll make it taste great.
Annie Deighnaugh
last year
Maple sounds fab...and I'd probably want cinnamon in it too.
mtnrdredux_gw
last year
Powdered sugar hides a multitide of sins!
lucillle
last year
Whipped cream cheese
Funkyart
last year
Cinnamon will be in the pumpkin cake -- I'd want bourbon in the maple cream cheese filling 😊
Kswl
last year
Local, so happy your roulade was a hit— how could it not be 🥳 If you have an Aldi’s they have a great product you may be interested in …. maple butter. It is very useful when you want a hit of maple flavor without additional liquid and you can substitute it for part of the fat content. It would be a handy addition to icing for an autumn apple or spice cake or for pancakes.
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Funkyart
last year
Wonderful! So glad it was a success!

I also learned that a few family members need a thermapen this week!
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mtnrdredux_gw
last year
it sounds wonderful!
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