Pumpkin, canned or fresh?

purplepoppy
I'm planning on baking a pumpkin and walnut cake this weekend and the recipe specifies canned pumpkin. But here in the UK that's not easily available here. so I'm making my own pumpkin puree. I've made this cake a few times and it works fine but for those of you who have access to both which do you prefer?

I've had a google and it looks like canned is denser but to me using canned just seems lazy.
Pumpkin, canned or fresh?
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