Pumpkin & Nuts Halloween Squares

If you want to celebrate Halloween with the kids, , I suggest you a a delicious , nutritious and funny cake with the quintessential symbol of autumn , the pumpkin , which by this time abounds in any market or organic farm home . For a fun note I decided to add some gums [ my favorite treat ] and a kind of black crosses made of dark bitter chocolate - which can be quite easily be mistaken for any prehistoric bird so imperfect that came out - and give  a Dantesque grave tone to some  pumpkin , cinnamon and nuts squares that are so tasty , they could easily make the dead raise! God forbid! ;)

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of oil
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 cup of crushed nuts
• whole nuts
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 400g cooked pumpkin
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

In a bowl place the eggs , sugar , oil , cinnamon and beat . Add the  clean, previously cooked and drained pumpkin beat again. You'll have a liquid a cream that you'll pour into a glass bowl, in which you will mix the flour , the baking powder and beforehand grounded nuts . Add a generous amount of nuts coarsely chopped . Turn on the oven to 180 º . Grease a pan with butter spray and pour the batter.  Take it to the oven to bake for about 45 minutes. Do the toothpick test.



Se quiser celebrar o Halloween com os miúdos, de uma forma deliciosa, nutritiva e engraçada, sugiro-lhe um bolo com o símbolo do outono por excelência, a abóbora, que por esta altura abunda por qualquer mercado ou quinta biológica caseira. Em tom de brincadeira decidi juntar umas gomas [a minha guloseima favorita] e uma espécie de cruzes de chocolate negro - que podem ser perfeitamente confundidas com um pássaro pré histórico qualquer de tão imperfeitas que saíram - e dar o tom dantesco de uma sepultura a uns quadrados de abóbora, canela e nozes que, de tão saborosos, até fazem ressuscitar os mortos!Salvo seja! ;)

Ingredientes:

• 4 ovos
• 1 chávena de açúcar amarelo
• 1/2 chávena de óleo
• 2 chávenas de farinha
• 1 chávena de nozes moídas
• nozes inteiras 
• 2 colheres de chá de fermento
• 400g abóbora menina cozida
• 2 colheres de sopa de canela

Numa taça colocar os ovos, o açúcar, o óleo,  a canela e bater. Juntar a abóbora limpa e previamente cozida e escorrida e bater.  Fica uma creme líquido que se verte para uma taça, na qual se vai misturar a farinha, o fermento e as nozes moídas previamente. Adicionar uma quantidade generosa de nozes partidas grosseiramente. Ligar o forno a 180º. Untar uma forma com manteiga em spray, e verter a massa. Levar ao forno a cozer durante cerca de 45 minutos. Fazer teste do palito.

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