Description

Almond-pumpkin dessert
I offer you a recipe from an Italian website, the original title: Torta soffice alla zucca e mandorle. A wonderful combination of tender, moist sponge cake with whipped cream and mascarpone.

Ingredients

  • Flour

    75 g

  • Almonds

    50 g

  • Brown sugar

    100 g

  • Leavening agent

    8 g

  • Cinnamon

    1 pinch

  • Pumpkin

    130 g

  • Chicken egg

    1 piece

  • Orange zest

    1 tsp

  • Vegetable oil

    50 ml

  • Milk

    25 ml

  • Cream

    100 ml

  • Mascarpone

    50 g

  • Powdered sugar

    1 tsp

Cooking

step-0
Pumpkin peeled, cut into not large, boil for a couple. Mash them with a fork, cool.
step-1
Mix the sifted with the baking powder and the flour, ground almonds, cane sugar, cinnamon and orange zest.
step-2
Chilled pumpkin puree mixed with eggs, vegetable oil and milk.
step-3
Pumpkin and flour mixture, mix until smooth (you can use a mixer).
step-4
The form in diameter 18 cm grease with butter and sprinkle with flour (I just poured baking paper ring of the necessary diameter), pour the batter, flatten. Bake in a preheated 175 °C oven for about 35 minutes (focus on your oven), readiness check wooden skewer.
step-5
Ready cake cool down completely.
step-6
Whip the chilled cream with powdered sugar, continuing to whisk, add the mascarpone.
step-7
The cream shift into a pastry bag and decorate the cake.
step-8
On top, if desired, sprinkle with cinnamon.
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