Butternut Squash Cake

Submitted by Jamie Lynne

"Yet another dessert recipe I have come across using a vegetable. Looks interesting!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups oil
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 cups cooked squash
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix first 4 ingredients and beat well, then add sifted ingredients.
3. Add squash.
4. Fold in chopped nuts.
5. Bake in greased tube pan at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until done.

Reviews

[mle234]

Ok, the recipe seemed strange on first sight but it turned out great with some changes. I used buttercup squash (not butternut), 3 XL eggs, and I added some nutmeg, milk, and vanilla extract. The cake batter was becoming very dense while I was mixing it and I realized that the initial "problem" was the lack of milk. So I added about 1/2c milk to lighten the batter and I didn't add all the flour mixture. The cake came out really well, perfectly sweet, and not very dense but spongy in texture. Next time, I'll reduce the oil to 3/4-1c and sub the remainder amount with milk.

 

[Debs Recipes]

So moist and delicious, this is excellent cake! And it is very nice topped with a little cream cheese frosting.