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Halloween At Avonpark Retirement Village

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Residents here at Avonpark we’re making the most of Halloween by tucking into a delicious pumpkin soup finished perfectly with mouth-watering cupcakes all made right here following our chef Roberto’s recipes.  Here are the recipes so you can try them for yourself.

Pumpkin soup

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 1kg pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and chopped into chunks
  • 700ml vegetable stock or chicken stock
  • 150ml double cream
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James Grundy, Village Manager said, “our wonderful chef is always creating new recipes for residents to enjoy, we love to get everyone together and share a good spread!

Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 175ml sunflower oil
  • 175g light muscovado sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g coarsely grated pumpkin flesh
  • 100g sultanas
  • grated zest 1 orange
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the frosting

  • 200g tub full-fat cream cheese
  • 85g icing sugar

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