We’re in the midst of Halloween season, and what better way to celebrate than with a spookily good bakery recipe. Get creative and ensure that no pumpkins go to waste this Halloween with these delicious spider web pumpkin tarts!
Spider Web Pumpkin Tarts
Ingredients
(Makes 24 8cm tarts)
For the filling
- 1125g cream cheese
- 300g caster sugar
- 4 whole eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 250g double cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 600g roasted & pureed pumpkin
- 24 8cm sweet pastry tart cases
For the decoration
- 250g dark chocolate
- 100g icing sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius
- Allow the ingredients for the filling to come to room temperature then place in a blender and blend until smooth
- Place the pastry cases onto a parchment lined baking tray
- Bake in the over for 20-25 minutes or until just set
- Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and transfer to a piping bag
- Pipe the chocolate onto the cooled tarts in a spider web pattern
- Dust the tarts with icing sugar
Enjoy!