Cookbook Desserts

PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN CAKE

Desserts

Difficulty People Time
Medium 4 120 minuti
Ingredients
200 g powdered sugar
q.b. table salt
250 g butter
500 g 00 flour
q.b. vanilla essence
4 egg yolk
70 g cane sugar
1 big egg
1 shot marsala
180 mL whipping cream Sterilgarda
q.b. ground cinnamon
q.b. nutmeg
q.b. fresh ginger root to grate
800 g already cleaned pumpkin
Preparation
  1. Place the flour, cold butter from the refrigerator and a pinch of salt in a mixer, then blend everything together.
  2. Knead with your hands for a few minutes until you obtain a soft, compact dough.
  3. Now form a ball, wrap it in cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for at least half an hour.
  4. Clean the pumpkin, remove the seeds and peel, cut it into pieces and cook it in a preheated oven at 200°, covered with aluminum foil, for 45 minutes.
  5. Transfer the pumpkin to a bowl and mash it well with a spoon or fork, adding the brown sugar, egg and Sterilgarda cream.
  6. Add the nutmeg and cinnamon, the Marsala and the grated ginger to the mixture.
  7. Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and heat over low heat for 5-10 minutes, stirring.
  8. Roll out the shortcrust pastry with a rolling pin until you obtain a layer about 5 mm thick.
  9. Place in a mold adding the pumpkin cream.
  10. Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 200° for the first 20 minutes and then at 180° for another 30 minutes.
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