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We are now in full autumn. The long and warm summer days are now a memory, the days get more and more short and the increasingly soft and warm clothes. The evenings are back around the fire and nature has touched a thousand shades of orange, yellow, purple and brown. There are grapes, chestnuts, pumpkins, potatoes, mushrooms, truffles, nuts, hazelnuts, apples, pears, pomegranates. Colors, perfumes and flavors cheering the air and warm the heart. The time of cold pasta and salads has now gave way to warm soups, velvety, stuffed pasta, on Sunday roasted and ... to the thousand autumn cakes! The seasonal ingredients give life to a huge amount of ideas for good, fragrant, colorful, soft or crunchy cakes! There are so many that you could bake for the whole season. Access the oven and get out of apron and pan, we are about to give you the recipes of autumn cakes that will drive you crazy!

Sweet potato cake (or purple)

With very few ingredients you will prepare a simple and delicious cake! No flour, zero yeast. Only potatoes, sugar, eggs, a grated lemon and a sprinkling of icing sugar. You can use both local and American sweet potatoes. The color and sweetness will change, but in 40 minutes you will have churned out a simple, soft, exquisite, quick to prepare cake and that will leave your guests speechless. If you use purple potatoes instead, you can also make a fantastic and creamy tart with few other more ingredients.

Almonds and blueberries

The dough is that of the classic tart. Then you will need almonds, raisins, butter and blueberries. You will create a simple, tasty cake with a decidedly autumn flavor, perfect both as a Sunday dessert and as a dessert for great occasions!

Hazelnut and walnut cake

Chocolate, walnuts and hazelnuts. Autumn taste at the highest level! Simple and quick to prepare and to re -propose at the table as often as you like. Puff pastry as a base, butter, a little wholemeal flour, a few drops of vanilla extract, walnuts, chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chips. If you are lovers of the cream, you can use it a little to accompany the cake when you serve it to your guests.

Cremous dark chocolate cake

The autumn cake par excellence for all chocolate lovers! Shortcrust pastry as a base and then a double, soft, creamy layer of chocolate and cream. Chocolate, sugar, milk, 3 egg yolks and a little butter. And for the most delicious, a grated chocolate to garnish.

Pumpkin tart (and cinnamon)

A dessert as delicious as it is simple to make. A crumbly and light shortcrust pastry base prepared with butter and yogurt with a soft filling that knows from autumn. Pumpkin pulp, brown sugar, two eggs, fresh cream, a sprinkling of cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg. You can serve it either as an ideal meal -ending or also as an excellent afternoon snack to be enjoyed together with a warm herbal tea.

Pears Cake

Soft and fragrant, it is the perfect cake from the morning breakfast to the snack stolen before going to sleep. The ingredients are very simple: pears, flour, yeast, brown sugar, butter, eggs, milk, a little rum. A sprinkling of icing sugar to garnish. And for the most delicious who want to dare, you can add to the dough of the chocolate chips and/or chopped walnuts to have an even tastier cake!

Apple pie

A timeless dessert. The classic grandmother's classic cake that has the flavor of simple, good, genuine things and being in the family. A few apples, flour, yeast, butter, sugar, eggs, yogurt, a vanilla pod and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Slice cut apples to garnish the surface and make the cake tastier and more beautiful to look at.

Chiffon pie alla pumpkin

The pumpkin chiffon pie is a nice alternative to the traditional pumpkin cake that will leave your guests amused and delightful. It is nothing more than a pumpkin custard thickened in a water bath, slightly cooled and then incorporated to the whipped egg whites. Everything is then poured on a ready -made tart base. Before serving, garnish the slices of cake with a curly of cream and a sprinkling of chopped almonds or walnuts. A fresh and fragrant dessert that will delight your guests even on the most formal occasions.