How to verify the relationship between the generating function and the moment generating function?

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I calculated the Moment Generating Function of a Poisson random variable: $N \sim \mathrm{Poiss}(\lambda)$ $$ E[e^{t N}] = \sum\limits_{k=0}^\infty e^{t k} \frac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda^k }{k!} = e^ {\lambda[e^{t}-1]} $$

I also calculated the Generating Function of $N$: $$ E[t^{N}] = e^ {\lambda[{t}-1]} $$

Now, I want to verify the relationship between the Generating Function (GF) and the Moment Generating Function (MGF).

Specifically, I want to check that GF = MGF $\cdot \log t$.

In other words, GF / MGF should be equal to $\log t$.

But when I work it out, I am stuck at the below point:

The GF divided by the MGF gives me:

GF / MGF = $$ e^ {\lambda[t - e^{t}]} $$

I tried various ways to see if this reduces to $\log t$, but my methods didn't seem to proceed. Any advice or insights would be very helpful here. Thanks a lot.