Surprise Pumpkin Cake with Butter topping and Pecans

Surprise Pumpkin Cake with Butter topping and Pecans



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For the pumpkin cake:

2 large eggs
150ml rapeseed or sunflower oil
210 gr pumpkin mash
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
150 gr plain flour
200 gr sugar
1/2  teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

A cutter in the shape of a pumpkin or shape a pumpkin out of a metal old flower cutter

Orange food colouring or make it yourself.

For the covering white cake mix:

200 gr sugar
270 gr flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg beaten
250 ml milk
100 ml oil

For the icing:

60 gr butter, softened
10 ml double cream
210 gr icing sugar
3 tablespoons evaporated ( or condensed) milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

45-50 gr chopped unsalted pecans ( if you want)



* Cut pumpkin in half lengthwise, get rid of the seeds,  and add 1 cm of water. Cover and microwave it on high for about 15-18 minutes or until the pieces are very tender. Drain the pumpkin and when it is cool enough to handle, scoop out the pulp and mash it in one of your machines. We will be needing 210 gr of this mash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Preheat your oven to 180C and grease spray and line your caketin.

 

* Now for the pumpkin bread:

 



* Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the oil and the pumpkin. Beat until well combined and smooth. Then combine the remaining ingredients. Gradually beat in the pumpkin mixture.   

Add the food colouring                                                             



 

 

 

Pour the batter into your prepared caketin and bake it for about 45-50 minutes, not completely cooked otherwise it will be overcooked in the next oven period.

 

 

 

* Let the cake cool down properly until ready to cut

 

 

 

 

* After cutting the slices 1.5 cm thick, line them up in a newly lined caketin.

 

 

 

* Mix the dry ingrediénts of the white cake mix and then the wet, then mix them together until well combined. Pour this batter over the shaped pumpkincake.

 

 

* Bake this in your still preheated oven (180C.) for about 55-65 minutes or until golden brown and your caketester comes out clean.

 

 

 

 

* Let the cake cool down

 

* Prepare your Icing

 

 

 

* Decorate @ leisure

 

 

 

* Eat @ leisure

 

 

                                                                "Happy Halloween"