Pumpkin is a great vegetable, which you can use practically in every type of dish. This time we have an idea for pumpkin cheesecake with orange peel topped with white yoghurt-chocolate icing.

Sounds interesting? Let’s do it, as it’s quick and easy. 

pumpkin cheesecake
Pumpkin Cheesecake by CRAVEmonkey

Ingredients for pumpkin cheesecake with a hint of orange:

  • 1kg of dry cottage cheese
  • 450 g of pumpkin puree
  • 150 g of sugar
  • 3 tbs of  potato starch
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 package of creamy pudding
  • 1 package of vanilla sugar
  • orange peel (from 1 orange)
  • 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract
  • white yogurt-chocolate icing

Method:

  1. Make pumpkin puree.
  2. Mix the pumpkin puree with dry cottage cheese.
  3. Keep mixing it while adding one by one all the ingredients: orange peel, vanilla sugar, vanilla extract, potato starch, creamy pudding powder and sugar.
  4. At the end add eggs and mix for another 5 minutes.
  5. Pour the mixture into baking form(we suggest round shape) which is lined with baking paper and bake for 60minutes at 180°C.
  6. Remove from the oven and cool at room temperature.
  7. Decorate it with white yoghurt-chocolate icing.

How would you decorate your cheesecake? You can pour it all over the cake or make a pattern, e.g. a flower, checkered or cobweb.

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