Butternut Squash Cake With Butter Rum Frosting
From pat2me 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 15
What the kids don't know, won't hurt them! Another use for that wonderful fall vegetable. Recipe and photo from Fall Baking
Ingredients
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- 1 1/4 C packed brown sugar shopping list
- 1 c vegetable oil shopping list
- 2 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 2 1/2 C flour shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 2/3 C buttermilk shopping list
- 2 C shredded, peeled butternut squash ( about 1 lb) shopping list
- 1/2 C sweetened dried cranberries, if desired shopping list
- 1/2 c chopped toasted hazelnuts(filberts), if desired shopping list
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- 1/2 C butter shopping list
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 2 Tbl rum or rum extract plus 4 tsp milk shopping list
- 4 c powdered sugar shopping list
- 1/4 C chopped toasted hazelnuts (filberts) shopping list
How to make it
- 350 oven
- Toasted hazelnuts
- If using hazelnuts, place in a shallow baking pan and bake for 6 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and golden. cool slightly and rub hazelnuts between hands to loosen some of the skins
- Cake
- Spray bottom and sides of a 13 x 9 in baking pan with baking spray with flour
- In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with mixer on medium until creamy.
- On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt until mixed
- Beat on medium soeed one minute longer
- Stir in squash, cranberries and hazelnuts
- Pour into pan
- Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
- Cool completely
- Frosting
- In a medium bowl, beat butter and cream cheese on medium until creamy
- add rum and powdered sugar; beat on low speed until mixed
- Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy
- Frost cake, sprinkle with 1/4 C hazelnuts
- Store covered in refrigerator
People Who Like This Dish 3
- momo_55grandma Mountianview, AR
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love recipe with squash {could use zuchinni also} great high5 cake
momo_55grandma
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Oh that cakes looks yummy. I love recipe like that. Thanks! I will sae this one.
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