They say it doesn’t get more American than apple pie, but indigenous cooks were roasting pumpkin and mashing it with spices long before Europeans introduced the apple. Early settlers would boil pumpkin, reserve the sweet, starchy cooking water and add it to their bread dough to moisten it.
Tag: cake
The number one requested birthday cake in our family, this decadent chocolate dessert is made with whole wheat flour. The extra bran and germ not only make it healthier, but extra moist and dense.
Upside-down cakes are simple, stunning, and taste as good as they look. You can whip up this festive showstopper in just thirty minutes. My mother learned to make it from her mother, and I have taken over the tradition now that she is no longer around to make it for our family gatherings.
In America, when we think of cheesecake, we usually think of New York Style cheesecake, which uses a cream cheese filling and a graham cracker crust. In other parts of the world, Cheesecake may incorporate cottage cheese ricotta, or other soft cheeses baked in a pie crust or phyllo dough. This recipe combines the best of all worlds, with a buttery shortbread cookie crust, creamy ricotta interior, fresh roasted pumpkin and warm spices.