Partytime Butternut Squash Cake
Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
Serves: 20
Ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups whole wheat pastry flour (may use all purpose flour if preferred)
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 2 cups baked butternut squash (seeds,stringy parts and peel removed)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
Icing
- 12 ounces cream cheese, softened (can use Tofutti brand for veg. version)
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered)
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Mix cake ingredients together in one bowl with hand mixer, adding nuts and raisins at the end.
- Bake at 350 for approximately 45 minutes although this will depend on your oven. It is best to insert a toothpick or knife into the center, as soon as it comes out dry, remove your cake from the oven. Do not overbake.
- Mix icing ingredients together and spread onto cooled cake. Enjoy!
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