Banana & Butternut Buttermilk Cake
- Roasted Butternut Squash
- 1 Butternut Squash
- Splash Canola Oil or Cooking Spray
- Banana & Butternut Buttermilk Cake
- 2 1/2 cups A/P Unbleached Flour (I used 1/2 whole wheat pastry flour and 1/2 unbleached white A/P, use what you have on hand)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 2/3 cup Unsalted, Softened Butter
- 1 cup Brown Sugar, Agave, Honey or Maple Syrup
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Medium Bananas, Mashed
- 1/2 cup Butternut Squash, Mashed
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Powdered Sugar for Dusting
- Clean squash, leave skin on. Cut the top and then the bottom off. Cut the squash down the middle and scoop out the seeds with a spoon. Slice squash into large chunks.
- Spray or lightly coat flesh with a bit of Canola oil. Spray baking pan as well. Put squash flesh side down in baking pan.rnRoast for about 50 minutes, until squash is very soft and golden brown.
- Let cool and remove the skins. Mash some squash so you have about 1/2 cup. You will have plenty of leftover squash for other recipes.
- Preheat oven to 350?FrnButter a cake pan, I used one 9x3 round pan. You could make smaller cakes or muffins for gifts. Adjust cooking time to accommodate pan size. The batter went about 2" up the sides of my pan, to keep baking time and temperature similar you can go smaller in size or shape, but keep the same depth of batter. Please reference baking charts to get time and temp. correct.
- Sift all dry ingredients together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices. Set aside.
- With a mixer, beat butter at medium speed until fluffy.rnAdd sugar and beat until well blended. Add eggs to the mixture, one at a time.rnAdd mashed bananas, squash and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- Alternately add 1/3 of the flour to the butter mixture, stir until just mixed. Add 1/2 the buttermilk. Repeat until all ingredients are added, ending with the flour.
- Pour the batter into prepared cake pan(s).rnBake in the oven for about 50-55 minutes. Cake(s) are done baking when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Start testing at 50 minutes.
- Cool cake in pan. When it is cooled, flip it out, dust with powdered sugar and enjoy!
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/2185-banana-butternut-buttermilk-cake (may not work)