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My Favorite Pumpkin Soup with a Secret Ingredient

If you know Germans, you will probably know that they LOVE a good old pumpkin soup. It is a staple here. So I was torn between posting yet another pumpkin soup recipe (believe me, there are many German recipes out there). So why should I add yet another? But then I decided to go for it. I mean, this is my hobby, I don’t make any money off of my blog and it is indeed my favorite pumpkin soup. I have tried many. Many. Because I am German and I live in Germany. The recipe below is from a classmate from the Spanish class I am taking. She told me it was her favorite pumpkin soup. So I had to give it a try. The secret ingredient is a pear. I don’t know why, but this makes the soup extra delicious. Not ginger, but pear, and some red curry paste. It truly is some wonderful comfort food.
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02/10/2026

Hojaldre de cabello de ángel, Spanish Pumpkin Jam Pockets

Hojaldre de cabello de ángel is an old-fashioned dessert from Spain. It is probably best described as pumpkin jam pockets. The Spaniards have a much more colorful description for the pumpkin jam, “cabello de ángel” can be translated as “angel’s hair.” The pumpkin used for the jam is “hairy”, you can see it on the pictures. For that reason as it has this characteristic, it probably doesn’t sound as far fetched to call it hair of an angel. If you make both, the pumpkin jam and the puff pastry, you will need quite a bit of time. Both can be made it advance, but there is a bit of waiting involved. When I brought the dessert to my Spanish class, my Spanish teacher was reminiscing his childhood.

12/12/2025

Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter

Today I have pumpkin cookies with browned butter for you. At least here in Germany pumpkin is normally only used in savory dishes, which is a pity! So I am following the North American tradition of using all things pumpkin in sweets and the like. I already have a few pumpkin cookies on the blog, so I will add this one to my small list. What I like about these is that you do not need to chill them and if you have canned pumpkin at hand, these are really easy to make. The only extra step is browning the butter, which will give a nutty and caramelized extra flavor. The icing also contains browned butter, so how about you try these?

11/10/2024

Pumpkin Mousse Caramel Cake

Does this pumpkin mousse caramel cake count as cream cheese cake? I don’t believe so as it definitely tastes more like mousse than anything and you may even serve it as an icebox cake. But be it as it may, I find this cake delicious, if you like pumpkin and caramel, this cake is for you. We will use a Biscoff cookie crust and these already give a nice crunchy and caramel flavor. The filling contains a lot of pumkin and then we are going to top if all off with additional caramel.

08/10/2021

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Guys, it is a shame I haven’t posted any cookie recipe in a while! This needs to be rectified immediately. Especially since I am a huge cookie monster. Below pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are my favorite cookie recipe when in comes to a vegan version. I am telling you, they are super easy to prepare and will be gobbled up in a jiffy. I at least have made them many times over. Maybe you are also interested in trying them?

17/09/2021

My Nine Favorite Recipes with Pumpkin

My nine favorite recipes with pumpkin. Finally it is the season again for my beloved pumpkin. So let me introduce to you my favorite recipes, be it breakfast, in a cookie, a cake, cupcake or in waffles, let this orange vegetable shine. What is your favorite recipe with pumpkin?

03/10/2020

Pumpkin Layer Cake with Brown Butter Buttercream for Thanksgiving

Moist and delicious pumpkin layer cake with a buttercream that actually contains brown butter and cream cheese, that’s what I am introducing today. Reason for introducing this cake here ist two-fold. Reason #1 has to do with a German blog event I hosted. It had all to do with pumpkin recipes. For that reason I made these delicious pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting and also this vegan pumpkin pasta with only two ingredients.

15/11/2019

Vegan Pumpkin Pasta from Two Ingredients

Guys, I find it amazing how easy it is to make this two-ingredient vegan pumpkin pasta! Seriously, even if you are not into making your own pasta, I can definitely recommend making this one. You don’t even need a pasta machine, the dough can be rolled out by hand with a rolling pin, cut it into long stripes, and voila, you’ve got yourself delicious tagliatelle! I tried both options, tagliatelle by hand and also using the pasta machine to make spaghetti, both work wonderfully. As stated, this is vegan pumpkin pasta as it only contains pumpkin puree and all-purpose flour as its two ingredients. I find that so awesome!

01/11/2019

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Rezept für Kürbis-Cookies mit Frischkäse-Topping

Are you in for a pumpkin cookie with cream cheese frosting? Then I might have something for you. This is a cake-like pumpkin cookie that is very soft and has a not too sweet cream cheese frosting serving as a nice contrast. You may not think much about it, but here in Germany pumpkin is usually not served in sweet goods, you will find tons of savory recipes, but sweet ones not so much. I sometimes wonder why. There is a reason why pumpkin is very popular in North America in any baked goods, it has a sweet kind of flavor and carries a lot of fall flavor, makes sense to me. So let’s give these cookies a try!

20/10/2019

The Fluffiest Pumpkin Waffles

Have you ever eaten pumpkin waffles? I hadn’t, I know, shame on me. But this year I somehow got into the pumpkin haze. So I cecked out Pinterest and found a lot of different recipes. Finally I encountered the recipe below and bam, I was hooked. These pumpkin waffles are super fluffy, I love that they are crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and tall and thick. I think they can be served either for breakfast, but also as a nice dessert.

02/11/2018

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