{"id":11310,"date":"2015-10-29T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:35:34","slug":"holy-pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=11310","title":{"rendered":"Holy Pumpkin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"witchhat<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers of this blog may be under the impression that I eat rich\u00a0desserts all the time. Actually,\u00a0my\u00a0usual dessert (if I eat one) is a piece of fresh fruit.\u00a0I do post a lot of dessert recipes, however; I\u2019m proud of my baking, and I love to see people enjoy something sinfully sweet, even when I\u2019m dieting.<\/span><\/p>\n

In any case, one HAS to post something sweet for Halloween! So I\u2019m sharing the formula for the chocolate-chip pumpkin cake I made this week on Mass Appeal<\/em><\/a>. My appearance came the day after co-host Seth Stutman\u2019s 30th birthday so I felt obliged to make a cake. Seth appeared pleased\u2014and he certainly enjoyed the cake.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Bill Collins, who cooked on the show the day before, did light a candle on a cheesecake, but\u00a0that chef\u00a0didn\u2019t sing \u201cHappy Birthday.\u201d And a birthday isn\u2019t a birthday without a serenade.)<\/span><\/p>\n

I also made a\u00a0satisfying version\u00a0of my Irish Stout Cheese<\/a> using yellow cheddar cheese to make it seasonal and an Oktoberfest ale instead of the stout. Personally, if I had to choose between cheese and cake, I would choose cheese. I\u2019m glad no one is forcing me to make this excruciating decision!<\/span><\/p>\n

The videos are embedded below. The gist of the cake-making is in the first video about that (the second one below); tune into the\u00a0follow-up video only\u00a0if you\u2019re a fan of sprinkles and loud singing. (I like both.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cocoa, Rhubarb, and I wish everyone a Happy Halloween!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a><\/p>\n

Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Chips<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1-1\/2 cups non-GMO canola oil
\n2 cups sugar
\n4 eggs
\n1 teaspoon vanilla
\n1 teaspoon salt
\n2 teaspoons baking powder
\n2 teaspoons baking soda
\n2 teaspoons cinnamon
\n1 teaspoons cloves
\n1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg
\n3-1\/8 cups flour
\n2 cups pumpkin puree (or 1 15-ounce can)
\n2 cups chocolate chips<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan. Mix the oil and sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each egg. Beat in the vanilla, followed by the baking powder, the baking soda, and the spices. Stir in the flour, followed by the pumpkin and the chocolate chips.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake tests done (about an hour). Ice with cream-cheese frosting<\/a> and seasonal sprinkles. Serves 10 to 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

And here are the videos:<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Readers of this blog may be under the impression that I eat rich\u00a0desserts all the time. Actually,\u00a0my\u00a0usual dessert (if I eat one) is a piece of fresh fruit.\u00a0I do post a lot of dessert recipes, however; I\u2019m proud of my baking, and I love to see people enjoy something sinfully sweet, even when I\u2019m dieting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,9,17,33],"tags":[1774,1775,1773,845,1776,1643],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11310"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11318,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11310\/revisions\/11318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}