Butternut Squash Cake W/ Brown Sugar Frosting
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 34 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon nutmeg
- 14 teaspoon clove
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 34 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 13 cups pureed winter squash
- 12 cup milk or 12 cup half-and-half cream
- 34 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 12 cup butter, softened
- 13 cup heavy 35% cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 14 cups icing sugar
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
- FOR CAKE: Sift all dry ingredients.
- Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add in the pureed squash; mix well.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
- Pour the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour, or until cake tests done.
- Cool in pan for 45 minutes, remove to rack to finish cooling.
- FOR FROSTING: Bring brown sugar, butter and cream to a boil.
- Cook, stirring 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl; let cool to lukewarm.
- Beat in icing sugar until of spreading consistancy.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/butternut-squash-cake-w-brown-sugar-frosting-80428 (may not work)