Butternut Squash Cake

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Butternut squash is a simple fall cake that comes together quickly and tastes like pure autumn. It’s the perfect use for leftover squash.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1 5

Servings pieces

Calories 238kcal

Author Beth Neels

Cost $5

Ingredients

4 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups butternut squash mashed
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon ginger
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon allspice
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Instructions

Peel and cube the squash. Add the cubes to a steamer pot and steam them until fork-tender. About 20 minutes.
Mash the squash with a potato masher, a hand mixer or an immersion blender. Let it cool to room temperature before adding it to the batter.
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Add the eggs to the mixing bowl of your electric mixer. Beat well.
4 large eggs
Add the oil and the mashed squash. Beat that to combine.
1 cup vegetable oil, 2 cups butternut squash
Add the vanilla. Incorporate.
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Next, add the sugar and combine that with the wet ingredients.
2 cups sugar
Add the dry ingredients to a separate bowl.
2 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon cloves, ¼ teaspoon ginger, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon allspice
Mix them well.
Add the flour mixture in two additions.
Just incorporate the dry ingredients. Don’t overmix at this stage.
Stir in walnuts or pecans by hand.
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Spray a bundt pan or an 8×8 inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray, or butter and flour it. Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan.
Bake the cake in a preheated oven, at 350°F for 45 minutes to one hour, until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean in the center. Place the cake on a cake rack in the pan for about 20-25 to cool slightly. Then remove it from the bundt cake pan, and set it back on the rack.

Notes

Let it cool thoroughly on a wire rack. The cake can be finshed in a number of ways.

How to Finish the Cake

The cake can simply have powdered sugar or icing sugar sprinkled on it. A buttercream frosting or glaze can be added to the top or the whole cake can be frosted. We chose to use a cream cheese glaze but it can also be frosted with cream cheese frosting.

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