All about food

All about food

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Pumpkin Cake

As I've mentioned many times in my blog, this golden pumpkin is my favorite fruit.  I will happily bring back a whole pumpkin, after which, will recreate it into different kinds of delicious and scrumptious dishes: snacks, cakes, soup, muffins, etc...  This time round I am baking a delightful pumpkin cake which I came across in Youtube quite a while ago.  

Ingredients:
150g. fresh pumpkin (peeled, remove seeds, sliced, steamed and mashed)
200g. unsalted butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup caster sugar
4 large eggs
250g. plain flour (sifted)
1 tsp. baking powder (sifted)
1/4 tsp. salt (sifted)
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds (toasted) - leave 1 tbsp. for topping
80g. raw pumpkin (cubed) - for topping

Methods:
  1. In a stand mixer beat butter for about 2 minutes, then add in sugar and continue to mix until light and fluffy.
  2. Add in eggs, one at a time, beat well after each addition.
  3. Add in 2 tablespoon of flour into egg mixture and mix using a rubber spatula.  Next, add in all the flour and mashed pumpkin and mix until well combined.
  4. Add in the toasted pumpkin seeds and stir well to combine.
  5. Pour the batter into a lined 8" round cake tin and level the top with spatula.
  6. Arrange the raw pumpkin cubes over the top and sprinkle the toasted pumpkin seeds.  
  7. Bake in a preheated oven of 170 degree Celsius for 60 to 70 minutes, and/or when a wooden skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  8. Place the cake on a wire rack to let it cool.  Serve!
Cake ready for baking


I adapted this recipe from Youtube Video by Kathrine Kwa Baking Tutorial with amendments to suit my baking preferences.

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