I took several cake decorating and candy making classes at Chocolate Belles in the past. This year I decided to refresh my skills in fondant decorating. In the past this class lasted only two weeks. The new format now is three weeks and I am so happy I am able to attend it this year. In the picture bellow you can see what we learned in the last class. It is sort of “make believe” cake top. We decorated it with fondant spiral ribbon and some flowers. The “marble” effect was done with royal icing. Next week we are doing an entire cake, I will make sure to post some pictures.
Cotton Candy Pumpkin Pie
Cotton Candy Pumpkin was the first of the four pumpkins I decided to try for my pies. The pie was extremely mild in flavor. The spices in the filling came through quite strong and the flavor of the pumpkin itself was lost.
When you cut the cotton candy pumpkin it has a very pale yellow colored pulp. And even the roasting the pumpkin did not change the color that much (see the pictures bellow):
However it produced a nice looking pumpkin pie, the filling had a nice texture to it:
However, as I said, the taste needed more “pumpkiness” to it. So if you ever wonder if the Cotton Candy Pumpkin is good for making pies, I would suggest other pumpkins. Unless of course you prefer the very mild taste of Cotton Candy Pumpkin.
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Pumpkins For Pumpkin Pies. Which One Is Your Favorite?
I love to bake pumpkin pies. While it is easy to pick up the pumpkin pura in the store, it is far more fan to make your pumpkin pies from the scratch. In the past I mostly used cheese pumpkins, because it has very nice taste without overpowering your taste-buds. This year I have decided to experiment a little. And how you could resist not to?!!! Going to a local farm market I was faced with a difficult choice- which pumpkin should I choose:
After looking around, I have decided to pick Cotton Candy, Jarrahdale, Cinderella pumpkins so I can compare them to the pies I usually make from Cheese Pumpkins:
In the upcoming posts I will write about each pie I made. But for now I would like to know which one is your favorite pumpkin?
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