Praline Pumpkin Torte Recipes

PRALINE PUMPKIN TORTE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour into two well-greased 9-in. round baking pans. Sprinkle with pecans; cool. , For cake, in a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and oil. Add pumpkin and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, pie spice, baking soda and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture just until blended. , Carefully spoon batter over brown sugar mixture. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For topping, in a small bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form. , Place one cake layer, praline side up, on a serving plate. Spread two-thirds of the whipped cream mixture over cake. Top with second cake layer and remaining whipped cream. Sprinkle with additional pecans if desired. Store in the refrigerator.

PRALINE PUMPKIN PIE I

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in a saucepan, and stir in the 1/2 cup chopped pecans and brown sugar. Cook until bubbly. Spread over the bottom of cooled pie shell.
• Combine custard mix, white sugar, and spices in a 2 quart saucepan. Stir in evaporated milk, milk, and pumpkin puree. Cook while stirring until bubbly. Cover, and cool for 10 minutes.
• Pour pumpkin custard filling into pie shell, and chill until firm.

PRALINE PUMPKIN DESSERT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. In medium bowl, beat pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice with wire whisk until smooth. Pour into pan.
• Sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle with pecans. Pour melted butter evenly over top.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes.
• To serve, cut dessert into 4 rows by 3 rows. Serve warm or chilled with dollop of whipped cream sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice. Store covered in refrigerator.

PUMPKIN PECAN PRALINE TORTE RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place a parchment cutout into each cake pan and brush paper and sides with melted butter or spray with baking spray. Sprinkle evenly with flour and shake out excess, set aside. Blend and sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and salt. Set aside. In a bowl large enough to hold all ingredients whisk egg using a hand held or stand mixer until well blended, add sugar and whip until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. On low speed add vanilla and pumpkin. Stir in flour and mix until just combined. Scoop and divide evenly into prepared pans. Place in oven and bake until the center of the cakes bounce back when lightly pressed with a finger or an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 13 to 15 minutes. For frosting mix cream cheese and soft butter on low speed until blended. Add one cup of powdered sugar and mix on low speed until blended. Gradually add remaining powdered sugar and mix on low to medium speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and mix well. In a saucepan bring all the ingredients to a boil excluding the pecans. Boil for 3 minutes ensuring that the mixture will not boil over. Remove from heat and stir in the pecans. Set aside. Remove parchment paper from one cake round and place cake on a serving platter. Frost the surface with approximately 1/3 inch cream cheese frosting. Remove parchment paper from second layer and place onto frosted cake round. Frost once again with cream cheese frosting. Remove parchment paper from third layer and place onto frosted cake round. If caramel topping is too firm to spread onto surface heat briefly until slightly softened. Do not allow to get warm! Spread onto surface of cake.

PRALINE-PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. In 1-quart heavy saucepan, stir together butter, whipping cream and brown sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until butter is melted. Pour into two ungreased 9- or 8-inch round cake pans; sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup pecans.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil, eggs and 1 teaspoon of the pumpkin pie spice with electric mixer on low speed until moistened, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Carefully spoon batter over pecan mixture in each pan.
• Bake 41 to 47 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Stir remaining 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice into frosting. To assemble cake, place 1 layer, praline side up, on serving plate. Spread with half of the frosting. Top with second layer, praline side up; spread remaining frosting to edge of layer. Drizzle with caramel topping and additional pecans. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

PRALINE PUMPKIN PIE (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Blend pecans with 1/3 cup brown sugar and softened butter.
• Press gently with back of a spoon into bottom of unbaked pie shell.
• Blend all remaining ingredients except egg whites and granulated sugar.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Bake for about 50 minutes.
• Make a meringue by beating egg whites until stiff, adding 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and beating again briefly.
• Return to 425°F oven just to brown meringue.
• Chill and serve cold.

PRALINE PUMPKIN DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Whisk pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, and cinnamon together in a bowl until smooth; pour into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle cake mix and pecans over pumpkin mixture; top with melted butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of the dessert comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes before slicing.

FROZEN PRALINE PUMPKIN TORTE

Steps:

• Put an 8" springform pan in the freezer for at least 30 minutes to chill throughly.
• Working quickly, spoon ice cream into chilled pan, pressing it in bottom and up sides with the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula.
• Put two 14x12" strips of plastic wrap crossing diagonally over ice cream.
• Press wrap gently against ice cream to form a 1/2" thick shell.
• Freeze about 2 hours until firm.
• In a medium saucepan mix pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until well blended.
• Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly, about 4 minutes until mixture just comes to a boil.
• Transfer to a large bowl.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour, until completely cool.
• Whip cream in medium bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.
• Fold into pumpkin mixture.
• Remove plastic wrap from frozen ice cream shell and pour in pumpkin mixture.
• Freeze at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Just before serving remove pan sides and, if desired, lift torte from pan bottom, using 2 broad metal spatulas.
• Place dessert on a serving plate.
• Pipe a border of whipped cream around bottom.
• Garnish top with a dollop of whipped cream; sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• Arrange glazed pecans around top edge.
• ***Note:Ice cream should be soft enough to spoon but not melted.
• It is too soft if it is melted around edges.
• Glazed Pecans: Have a lightly greased cookie sheet ready.
• In a small saucepan stir 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar, 2 Tbls.
• butter or margarine and 1 Tbls.
• water over medium high heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• Boil, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until thick and golden.
• Remove from heat; stir in 8 to 10 pecan halves until well coated.
• With slotted spoon lift pecans from pan, one at a time, scraping off excess sugar mixture, and arrange on prepared cookie sheet in a single layer.
• Let stand until set and completely cool.