Pumpkin and Farmer's Cheese Cake
A juicy, tender, and aromatic dessert that will bring joy on a cloudy autumn day. :) A true sunny cake. It is recommended to use bright orange sweet pumpkin. This quantity of ingredients is designed for 6–8 servings.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- butter 100 g
- sugar 50-100 g
- vanilla sugar 2 tsp
- eggs 2
- farmer's cheese 5-20% 200 g
- pumpkin 200 g
- orange zest
- baking powder 2 tsp
- flour 130-150 g
- water 200 ml
- sugar 100 g
- orange juice 100 ml
Instructions
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Grate the pumpkin using a fine grater.
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Zest the orange.
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Squeeze out the juice (100 ml will be required).
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Cream the butter together with sugar and vanilla sugar.
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Add the eggs.
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Mix well.
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Add the farmer's cheese.
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Mix well.
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Add the zest and pumpkin.
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Mix well.
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Stir in the flour and baking powder. Mix well.
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Grease a baking pan with butter (a 11x23 cm pan, 5 cm high is used). Transfer the batter into it. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 40–45 minutes.
Syrup Preparation
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Mix the water with sugar.
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Bring the mixture to a boil. Cook for 3 minutes.
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Remove from heat. Pour in the juice.
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Take the cake out of the oven.
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Drizzle the warm or cooled cake with warm or cooled syrup.
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Wait until it is fully absorbed.
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Dust with powdered sugar if desired.