CHOCOLATE AND PUMPKIN CAKE WITH ORANGE CREAM!

Chocolate cake - pumpkin with orange cream

Or maybe .. Halloween cake? .. Chocolate, using pumpkin puree, cream with a delicious creamy orange (really great!). Sprinkled with cocoa or cinnamon. recipe requires advance preparation pumpkin puree, pumpkin in the cake but did not feel -  taste of cocoa and orange. Instead of a cake can make a whole bunch of cupcakes :-). Recommended!

Ingredients for two tops chocolate - Pumpkin:

• 1 and 2/3 cup flour
• 2/3 cup and 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• half a cup of buttermilk or kefir
• 1 cup pumpkin puree *
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 160 g butter
• 1 cup caster sugar for baking
• 3 eggs

All of the ingredients should be at room temperature.

The vessel Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, spices.

In another bowl combine the buttermilk, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract.

In mixer bowl until light butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs (whole), one after another, precisely grating after each addition. Then the change in three-four rounds add sifted ingredients and set aside mixture maślankowo - pumpkin. Stir briefly, only the connection of the components.

Two forms of springform cake with a diameter of 20 cm baking parchment paper, the bottom. Between not seperated cake align. Bake at 180 ° C for 22 - 30 minutes or so. dry stick. Remove, cool in a moment, then let cool on a wire rack.

Orange Cream:

• 2 packages of Philadelphia cream cheese type (total 400 g)
• 110 g of butter at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• rubbed rind of 2 oranges
• 2 - 2.5 cups granulated sugar
• little orange dye

Blend cream cheese in a mixer bowl with butter, vanilla and orange peel.Add powdered sugar, a few rounds, mixing. Finally wmiksować dye to obtain the desired color.

Performance

The first paterze put chocolate tops. Spread half of the cream. Top put another top chocolate and cover the remaining cream. Cool in the refrigerator. Mount sprinkle with cocoa powder (optional).

* You can use ready-made mashed potatoes from a can or do it yourself - to do a small wash the pumpkin and cut into several smaller parts, hollow out the center of the seeds with a spoon. The prepared pumpkin placed in a casserole and cover with a lid, bake at 180 ° C for about 90 minutes, until tender. Cool, peel the skin and blend blender puree.