Pumpkin Praline Mousse Cake Food

PRALINE-PUMPKIN MOUSSE CORNUCOPIAS

Steps:

• Thaw the pastry sheet at room temperature for 40 minutes or until it's easy to handle. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Wrap each cone tightly in aluminum foil, covering completely and tucking any excess foil into the cone cavity. Spray the foil cones with the cooking spray.
• Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry sheet along the fold marks to form 3 rectangles. Cut each rectangle lengthwise into 4 strips, making 12 strips in all.
• Press the ends of 2 pastry strips together. Starting at the pointed end, wind the pastry strip around 1 cone, slightly overlapping edges of pastry (strip will not reach the bottom of the cone). Spray the pastry cone with the cooking spray and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar. Place the pastry cone seam-side down onto a baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining pastry strips, cones and sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown. Remove the pastries from the oven. Let cool completely on the baking sheet. Carefully remove the cones from the baked pastry.
• Beat the milk, pudding mix, pumpkin and cinnamon in a medium bowl with a whisk until the mixture is thickened.
• Beat the cream in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the pumpkin mixture. Spoon or pipe the mixture into the pastry cones.
• Stir the caramel sauce and pecans in a small bowl. Place the pastries onto serving plates and drizzle with the caramel mixture.

PRALINE PUMPKIN MOUSSE

Steps:

• Beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl with whisk 2 min. (Mixture will be thick.) Stir in COOL WHIP. Spoon into dessert glasses.
• Refrigerate 4 hours. Meanwhile, toss nuts with butter and sugar.
• Sprinkle nut mixture over desserts just before serving.

PUMPKIN MOUSSE

Steps:

• Heat the half-and-half, pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until hot, about 5 minutes. Whisk the egg yolks in another bowl, stir some of the hot pumpkin into the egg yolks to heat them, then pour the egg-pumpkin mixture back into the double boiler and stir well. Heat the mixture over the simmering water for another 4 to 5 minutes, until it begins to thicken, stirring constantly. You don't want the eggs to scramble. Remove from the heat.
• Dissolve the gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water. Add the dissolved gelatin, banana, and orange zest to the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Set aside to cool.
• For the decoration: Whip the heavy cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until soft peaks form. Add the granulated sugar and vanilla and continue to whisk until you have firm peaks. Fold half the whipped cream into the cooled pumpkin mixture.
• Pour the mousse into a 7 by 4-inch souffle dish. Pipe or spoon the remaining whipped cream decoratively on the mousse and sprinkle, if desired, with orange zest. Serve chilled.

PUMPKIN PRALINE MOUSSE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Mix crushed gingersnaps, 1 cup nuts, sugar and butter; press firmly onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.; cool.
• Beat pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Add pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice; beat until blended. Spoon 1-1/2 cups pudding mixture over crust. Gently stir COOL WHIP into remaining pudding mixture; pour over pudding mixture in pan.
• Sprinkle remaining nuts around top edge of cake; freeze 2 hours or overnight. Let stand 30 min. before slicing.

PUMPKIN-PRALINE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line 2 (9-inch) round pans with parchment; spray with cooking spray. Microwave butter and 3/4 cup sugar in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min.; stir until blended. Pour into prepared pans; tilt pans to evenly cover bottoms. Reserve 1 Tbsp. nuts; sprinkle remaining nuts over butter mixture in pans. Beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil and eggs in large bowl with mixer until blended; pour over nuts in pans.
• Bake 26 to 28 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Loosen cakes from sides of pans with knife. Invert cakes onto wire racks; gently remove pans and parchment. Cool cakes completely.
• Beat cream cheese, milk and remaining sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP.
• Stack cake layers, praline sides up, on serving plate, spreading half the cream cheese mixture between layers. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture onto top of cake; sprinkle with reserved nuts.

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.

PUMPKIN MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over the cold water, and let soften 5 minutes. Cook softened gelatin over medium heat, swirling pan, just until gelatin is dissolved; do not let boil. Let cool completely.
• Place pumpkin puree in a large bowl. Stir in softened gelatin, then add egg yolks, maple syrup, nutmeg, vanilla, ginger, allspice, salt, white pepper, and rum. Whisk until fully blended.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, whisk egg whites and the sugar to soft peaks. Gently fold egg-white mixture into pumpkin mixture to combine. Whip heavy cream on medium high to stiff peaks, then gently but thoroughly fold into pumpkin mixture.
• Divide mousse among 8 to 10 glasses; refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours, or up to 1 day, covered with plastic wrap. If desired, top each with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream and a pastry leaf before serving.

PUMPKIN PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Heat brown sugar, butter and whipping cream in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted. Pour into ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Sprinkle with pecans.
• Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; set aside. Beat sugar, oil, eggs and pumpkin in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Gradually beat in flour mixture on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Carefully spoon batter over pecan mixture.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Place heatproof serving tray upside down onto pan; turn tray and pan over. Let pan remain over cake a few minutes. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours.