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Gâteau citrouille-monstre
Pumpkin monster cake
⏱ 80 minServes 10Medium420 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients10 servings
250 g (9 oz)all-purpose flour
200 g (7 oz)superfine sugar
150 g (5 oz)unsalted butter
4whole eggs
1 packetbaking powder
300 g (11 oz)orange fondant- 50 g (2 oz)black fondant
2 tbspapricot jam
- 250 g (9 oz) all-purpose flour
- 200 g (7 oz) superfine sugar
- 150 g (5 oz) unsalted butter
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 packet baking powder
- 300 g (11 oz) orange fondant
- 50 g (2 oz) black fondant
- 2 tbsp apricot jam
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
Serves 10. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.
03 — Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F) on convection, butter the two half-sphere molds and beat the soft butter with the sugar until pale.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the flour sifted with the baking powder and divide between the two molds.
- Bake about 30 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, then unmold and cool completely on a rack.
- Join the two halves with a little jam to make a ball, then cover completely with rolled-out orange fondant, smoothing it well.
- Press gentle vertical grooves with a ruler to make the pumpkin's ribs.
- Cut two triangle eyes and a wide toothy mouth from the black fondant and stick them on the cake before serving.
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