Torta Di Zucca (pumpkin Cake)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs, Dairy		Food & drin	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

450	g	Peeled, seeded and cubed
		pumpkin 150g/5oz
		Unsalted butter
1	pn	Salt
150	g	Granulated sugar
50	g	Crushed almonds
50	g	Candied citron, finely
		chopped
		Grated rind of 1 lemon
50	g	Sultanas, soaked in grappa
		until swollen
75	g	Plain flour
1		Heaped tsp baking powder
2		Eggs, separated
		Rapeseed oil, for greasing
		Icing sugar, for dusting
		Creme fraiche or mascarpone
		or vanilla to serve
		ice cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Place the pumpkin in a pan with
the butter and cook for 10-15 minutes until soft. Mash it thoroughly
with a pinch of salt. Stir in the sugar, almonds, candied citron and
the lemon rind. Drain the sultanas and add, then beat all of this
together very thoroughly. Leave to cool a little, then stir in the
flour and baking powder and stir until well combined.  Beat the egg
yolks until light and foamy and then fold into the flour  mixture. Beat
the egg whites until stiff, then fold in lightly. Pour  the batter (you
should have about 1.5 litres/2 and a half pints in  total) into a
23cm/9in greased and lined, spring bottom cake tin and  bake for about
1 hour or until a wooden skewer slid into the centre  of the cake comes
out clean.  Carefully, turn the cake out on to a cooling rack and dust
with icing  sugar. Cut into slices and serve with a quenelle of crme
fraiche or  mascarpone or ice cream. Please note that this is a very
moist cake.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 913 Calories From Fat: 424 Total Fat: 48.3g Cholesterol: 199mg Sodium: 1047.9mg Potassium: 941.1mg Carbohydrates: 109.5g Fiber: 8.2g Sugar: 81.1g Protein: 17.7g