Butternut Squash Nut Cake
Butternut Squash Nut Cake is a vegetarian recipe with 18 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 302 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of baking powder, eggs, brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition Beat in squash. (
Mixture will appear curdled.)
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in pecans.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until cake tests done. Cool in pan about 45 minutes.
Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. For frosting, combine the brown sugar, butter and cream in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
Transfer to a large bowl; cool to lukewarm. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Frost cake.