Pumpkin cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a pumpkin cake? Prepare the products for the cakes. Choose pumpkin of sweet, dessert varieties. Take refined, odorless vegetable oil.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the pumpkin and remove the soft part with the seeds. Cut the pulp into cubes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Grind with a blender (chopper) raw pumpkin in mashed potatoes. If the pumpkin is not juicy and does not grind well, you can add a couple of spoonfuls of boiled water during the grinding process to make the puree more homogeneous.

4. Step 4:

   

   Measure out exactly one cup of pumpkin puree.

5. Step 5:

   

   In a bowl, break two eggs, add some sugar and start whipping. Be sure to wash the eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. It is best to use food detergents and a brush.

6. Step 6:

   

   Gradually pour in all the sugar and beat the eggs until a fluffy light mass. Pour in vegetable oil, add baking powder, vanilla (optional), sifted flour and knead the dough with a mixer at low speed. It is important to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Then the baking will turn out to be airy and will rise well when baking.

7. Step 7:

   

   Then add pumpkin puree to the dough and gently mix with a spoon.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put the dough into the bowl of the slow cooker and put it to bake on the "Pie" mode" or "Baking " (depending on the model of the slow cooker). Pumpkin dough can be baked in the oven, to do this, put the dough into a detachable mold and put it in a preheated 180 degree oven for 40 minutes. The baking time may vary, it all depends on your oven. Check the readiness of the pumpkin sponge cake with a toothpick.

10. Step 9:

    

    Take out the finished pumpkin sponge cake and let it cool completely on the grill. It is advisable to give him a rest for a couple of hours.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cut the cooled sponge cake into three cakes. Cakes are obtained in a beautiful color, from yellow to orange, depending on the variety of pumpkin.

12. Step 11:

    

    Prepare the cream. How to make a cream? Prepare the products for him. You can reduce the amount of sugar to taste. Take the fattest and thickest sour cream, natural, without vegetable fats. In order for the cream to keep its shape well and not flow, you can weigh sour cream overnight in gauze. The whey will drain from it and it will become very thick, similar to cream cheese.

13. Step 12:

    

    Whisk sour cream with sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved.

14. Step 13:

    

    Thickly smear each cake with cream. The sides and top of the cake are also well smeared.

15. Step 14:

    

    Let the pumpkin cake soak for at least two hours. And it is better to leave it in the refrigerator overnight. Before serving, decorate the cake to your taste. You can, like me, sprinkle the top of the cake with grated chocolate and decorate with fruit. Bon appetit!