Freddie of GreatBigVegChallenge has now moved on to Pumpkins. Here is last years Pumpkin Harvest from my mum's allotment in the boot of my car! The crop this year is rather sorry in comparison given all the flooding. These were used as invitations for our Halloween party, with a large paper green leaf and green raffia tied to each stalk containing the invitation and saying "Please carve me and bring me to the party". I have to confess that other than for decorating, I am not a huge fan of pumpkin (although I do love butternut squash - I think it is the sweetness that makes the difference) so Freddie has my sympathies this week. Perhaps this means I should be joining in with his challenge!! My offering is therefore a sweet one which masks the flavour of pumpkin completely (perhaps I am not playing by the rules here!) Hope you like them Freddie!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins
Preparation time 30 minutes, plus baking and cooling
115g/4oz margarine or butter
2 eggs
115g/4oz self raising flour
2 heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
100g/3 ½ oz tinned pumpkin puree
1 tsp ground allspice
30g/1oz shelled pistachio nuts
30g/1oz raisins
60g/2oz cream cheese
300g/10 ½ oz icing sugar
70g/2 ½ oz softened butter
2 tbsp milk
Red, yellow and green food colourings
Ready to roll icing to make the pumpkinsDavid of BooktheCook, Alanna of Kitchen Parade Veggieventure and Amanda at FigsOlivesWine are also helping Freddie with recipes so pop by and have a look at their delicious offerings.
6 comments:
Hannah, I don't think this is a cop out at all! Pumpkin cheesecake is unbelievable - what a great idea!
Hannah,
Freddie loves these cakes.
Beautiful and perfect for us to make for Halloween, I doubt whether they will look as professional as yours though. We will try
Thank you for joining in!
Charlotte
Lovely cakes Hannah! xx Gloria
Just made soup that has pumpkin but so much more and the pumpkin just disolves so you would not even notice it. I also did pumpkin biscotti yesterday that I saw another blogger do and I added some almonds and dried apricots and they are yummy. I must post both so you can see if you might change your mind! Vida x
Thanks Amanda and Gloria - Charlotte I am sure that Freddie's cakes will look even more stunning - have you got a grass nozzel? I could post you one if you need one.
Thanks Vida - please do post those recipes as I would love to try them
Hannah
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What lovely and delicious looking treats! I love pumpkin in any way shape or form!
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