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🍰 Pumpkin Cake with Caramelized Nuts
755 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Hokkaido pumpkin 0.5 pc.
- Eggs 4 pc.
- Oil 250 ml
- Brown sugar 250 g
- Spelt flour, Type 630 250 g
- Ground hazelnut kernels 80 g
- Milk 100 ml
- Salt pinch
- Cinnamon 0.25 tsp
- Ground allspice 0.25 tsp
- Baking powder 2 tsp
- Walnut kernels 4 tbsp
- Whole hazelnut kernels 4 tbsp
- Whole almonds 4 tbsp
- Pumpkin seeds 4 tbsp
- Organic lemon 1 pc.
- Natural cream cheese 300 g
- Natural yogurt 150 g
- Icing sugar 150 g
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan circulation.
- 2. Cut the pumpkin in half.
- 3. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
- 4. Peel the flesh.
- 5. Coarsely grate 300 grams of the pumpkin.
- 6. Put eggs, oil, and 200 grams of brown sugar into a bowl.
- 7. Beat the mixture with an electric mixer until frothy.
- 8. Sift flour, ground hazelnuts, milk, salt, cinnamon, allspice, and baking powder over the mixture.
- 9. Stir in the dry ingredients.
- 10. Gently fold in the grated pumpkin.
- 11. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 12. Spread the batter evenly onto the sheet.
- 13. Bake the cake for 25 to 30 minutes.
- 14. Heat a pan over medium heat.
- 15. Toast the nuts and pumpkin seeds without fat for about 2 minutes.
- 16. Sprinkle the nuts with 5 tablespoons of sugar.
- 17. Caramelize the nuts for about 2 minutes.
- 18. Lightly salt the nuts.
- 19. Let the nuts cool on parchment paper.
- 20. Coarsely chop the cooled nuts.
- 21. Rinse the lemon with hot water.
- 22. Finely grate about 1 teaspoon of lemon zest.
- 23. Cut the lemon in half.
- 24. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- 25. Mix cream cheese, yogurt, powdered sugar, lemon zest, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in a bowl.
- 26. Remove the cake from the oven.
- 27. Let the cake cool completely.
- 28. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cake.
- 29. Sprinkle the caramelized nuts on top.
- 30. Enjoy your meal!
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 755
- Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 39 g · Carbs: 86 g