an Australian kitchen staple + pumpkin ripple cake

Home Baked - Autumn

I had never eaten pumpkin until we came to Australia. While pumpkins grew in England, they were considered cattle feed, and I don't ever remember seeing them on a plate anywhere. We were introduced to this Australian dinner plate staple shortly after our arrival. In the mid-1970s, it was Queensland Blue, a large sage-green coloured, ribbed pumpkin. It h…