You can peel and cook a fresh pumpkin and use it in the recipe if you are ambitious.  However, if you decide to go that route I would suggest roasting the squash.  Roasting will keep the moisture content down whereas steaming or boiling will make the squash too wet and add extra moisture to the cake batter.  u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor more information on roasting pumpkin to replace canned puree go to our recipe for u003ca href=u0022https://savorthebest.com/thai-pumpkin-soup/u0022u003eThai Pumpkin Soupu003c/au003e.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e