Buttercup Squash Coffee Cake Recipe

• 1/4 c. Firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 c. Sugar
• 1/4 c. All-purpose flour
• 1/4 c. Quick-cooking oats
• 1/4 c. Minced nuts
• 1 1/2 tsp Grnd cinnamon
• 3 Tbsp. Cool butter or possibly margarine
• 1/2 c. Butter-flavored shortening
• 1 c. Sugar
• 2 x Large eggs
• 1 c. Mashed cooked buttercup squash
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 c. All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Baking pwdr
• 1 1/2 tsp Grnd cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Grnd ginger
• 1/4 tsp Grnd nutmeg
• 1 pch Grnd cloves
• 1/2 c. Unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 c. Confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tsp Warm water

1. Combine the first six ingredients.
2. Cut in butter till crumbly; set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
4. Beat in Large eggs one at a time.
5. Beat in squash and vanilla.
6. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add in to creamed mix.
7. spoon half into a greased 9-in.
8. springform pan.
9. Spread applesauce over batter.
10. Sprinkle with half of the streusel.
11. Spoon remaining b batter proportionately over streusel.
12. Top with remaining streusel.
13. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 min or possibly till cake tests done.
14. Cold for 10 min; remove sides of pan.
15. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over coffee cake.
16. Yield: 10-12 servings.
17. NOTES : "My father grows a large squash patch, so each fall, I get an ample amount of his harvest.
18. I make this treat to share with my co-workers.
19. They rave about the moist cake, the crunchy streusel and the applesauce between the layers.-Mary Jones, Cumberland, Maine."

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Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/buttercup-squash-coffee-cake-95631 (may not work)