Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Creamy,
fluffy and well balanced flavours, makes this pumpkin cheesecake recipe a
special treat for any time. It is a sweetish yet not too sweet treat. Perfect
as an after school snack, a dessert or even as a plate to bring along to a
shared school lunch.
Ingredient list:
Base:
- 250g (1 and ½ cups) of spelt flour
- 2 tablespoons of butter, softened at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons of unrefined sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 6-8 tablespoons of kefir, yoghurt or milk
- ½ cup of walnuts, chopped
Filling:
- 400g (1 and ½ cup) of buttercup pumpkin, steamed and mashed or puréed
- 400g of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 60g (½ cup) of unrefined sugar
- 3 eggs
- 60ml of cream
- 1 tablespoon of spelt flour
- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
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Kitchen utensils
- 2 bowls
- 1 hand mixer
- 1 spring form
- hand blender
Prepare the pumpkin cheesecake recipe step by step:
Preparation in before:
Steam the pumpkin some time before actually baking the cake
as it needs some time to cool down.
If you have a very
small pumpkin of about six hundred to seven hundred grams it might be a good
idea to just steam it whole for about 25 to 30 minutes. The buttercup pumpkin
is then easier to peel and de-seed.
A slice of a bigger pumpkin will do just as fine as well.
Leave it to cool down a bit after it is through.
Base:
- Grease and flour dust your cake form. Take particular care
on the bottom and the corners of the form. Alternatively line the form with
baking paper.
- Measure all of the ingredients into a kneading bowl, the one
and a half cups of spelt flour, the two tablespoons of softened butter, two
tablespoons of unrefined sugar, the teaspoon of baking powder and first six
tablespoons of kefir, then knead everything for 3 to 5 minutes together. If it
is difficult to get one smooth dough ball knead the last two tablespoons of
kefir.
- Turn the ball of dough onto a rolling board and roll it into
a round shape which is 4 cm larger than your pie form or spring form. This
gives a nice rim to the cake. Always check in between, that the dough doesn’t
stick to the surface of the board. If so lift it and spread some flour
underneath. We use a glass surface to roll the dough out and it does not stick
there, but this depends on the kneading time and if the consistency is just
right.
- Lift the dough into your prepared cake form and fit it in.
Take the half cup of walnuts and spread them evenly on top of the base.
Filling:
- Pre-heat the oven to 170C°. Convert!
- In a mixing bowl mix the cream cheese with the three eggs
until it makes one smooth mass.
- Add the half cup of unrefined sugar and the cream and mix
well.
- Mash the steamed pumpkin. Alternatively use the hand blender
to puree the pumpkin. Afterwards fill it into the mixing bowl followed by a
tablespoon of spelt flour and half a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and
vanilla extract.
- Blend everything together on high speed for a minute or so.
- Fill the mix onto the prepared base.
Bake the pumpkin cheesecake for 60 minutes at 170C°. Let it rest
for 20 minutes before serving it.
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