Sand cake with pumpkin and dogwood

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All the seasons have their "culinary favorites". In the fall the pumpkin is cooked in almost every kitchen. I want to offer you tasty and affordable pie stuffed with pumpkin and dogwood. The combination of sweet fillings and tart with pumpkin puree will decorate a cake for Your tea parties! PS and a little advice, if you're interested...

Ingredients for Sand cake with pumpkin and dogwood

Step by step instruction of cooking Sand cake with pumpkin and dogwood

Шаг 1

First, boil the pumpkin. I did this in the microwave, so it was not as moist as when boiling in water.

Шаг 2

Then sift flour in bowl, add a pinch of salt, sugar, baking powder and butter room t.

Шаг 3

Stir with a fork into crumbs and add the eggs ( if the eggs category "O", only one).

Шаг 4

First knead with a fork to the junction of the mass. Then with your hands until a soft elastic dough. The dough turned out soft, don't worry!
Wrap it in a plastic bag and put into the cold for 1 hour, the dough has padstyle, more cool and comfortable for cutting.

Шаг 5

After removing from the fridge, propylea flour, roll out into a circle. Put in a detachable form.
The diameter of the mold will fit from 22 inches to 26. This will depend on the cake height. I like thinner, and took 26.
Distribute tightly around the bottom to form bumpers.
Will share their experience, who could be useful, it is the small Council.
When the bottom and sides ready -formed, compacted, I rolled the top edge of the side cutting for biscuit shaped part and against the inner side of the form.
It turns out a decent and smooth rim.

Шаг 6

Send in a preheated 200 degree oven.
A little toasty (focus on your technique, 15 minutes in my oven), remove, apply a liberal amount of cherry puree. On top lay the slices of pumpkin (as it turned out, it is better to cut a cube). And bake another 5 minutes enough to mash with the pumpkin was so hot and did not slide. Remove from the oven, cool slightly and carefully release from the mold, remove the parchment, so it does not interfere then to take the finished pie.

Шаг 7

Now, easily and quickly prepare the filling for the pie.
Of the total amount of milk to separate 200 ml, the rest mix with the sugar and bring to a boil.

Шаг 8

In another part of the milk to dissolve the starch and pour in the boiling milk.

Шаг 9

Carefully stir, bring to a simmer the entire mixture now. As you will see bubbles and the mixture has thickened, remove from heat.

Шаг 10

Again put the pie in the form. You can optionally cover the bottom and sides of clean paper. But I want to say that the fill I have not had time to drain - froze "on the fly".
Once removed the filling from the heat, pour into a pie,

Шаг 11

distributed over the entire surface, align.
Cool and put into the refrigerator until firm.

Шаг 12

To draw at will.
I sprinkled the edges with grated chocolate, poured the chocolate topping in the form of curls, well for the brightness added dogwood berries, slices of pumpkin and herbs.