HEALTHY GINGERBREAD SPICE CAKE WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH PUREE
Even though I live in balmy south Florida, where it is pretty much summer year round, I still like to 'get into' the seasons by cooking something festive and seasonally appropriate. I started slowly spiking my recipes with ultra-healthy ingredients (flax, wheat germ, hemp seeds, chickpea puree, etc.) This is a vegetarian and dairy-free recipe.
Provided by Ivy Larson
Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash Winter Squash Butternut Squash
Time 1h5m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
- Place 1/4 cup coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave until melted, about 30 seconds.
- Mix flour, ground flaxseeds, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and sea salt in a large bowl.
- Combine brown sugar, melted coconut oil, and egg in a separate large bowl; add squash puree, coconut milk, molasses, and vanilla extract and mix well. Stir flour mixture into squash mixture until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before turning cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 268.4 calories, Carbohydrate 41.7 g, Cholesterol 18.6 mg, Fat 10.4 g, Fiber 4.6 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 186 mg, Sugar 15.4 g
BUTTERNUT SPICE CAKE
This is a very good cake and well worth the while. In the fall we love to walk in the woods and pick up the butternuts that fall from the trees - we have to fight with the squirrels to get them. I often replace this with pecans or walnuts when I cannot get them.
Provided by Carol
Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash Winter Squash Butternut Squash
Yield 14
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch tube pan. Sprinkle the bottom and halfway up the sides of the pan evenly with finely chopped butternuts (pecans or walnuts).
- Sift together cake flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cream the butter. Blend in lightly packed brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in the finely chopped butternuts or pecans or walnuts.
- Put gently into baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until cake springs back when you touch it lightly. Cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Put on cake rack to cool completely. Leave upside down and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar over cake before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.7 calories, Carbohydrate 38.2 g, Cholesterol 50.5 mg, Fat 12.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 270 mg, Sugar 21.3 g
BUTTERNUT PINEAPPLE SPICE CAKE
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and allspice. In a large mixing bowl, combine the oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Beat until well combined. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Continue to beat until fluffy. Gradually add the dry ingredients, mixing just until the batter is smooth and blended. Fold in the squash, pineapple and walnuts. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. On a wire rack, cool completely before frosting. For frosting: In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add 2 cups of the sugar and beat until smooth. If the frosting is too thin, mix in the additional 1/2 cup sugar and beat until smooth. Spread evenly over cooled cake. Makes about 2 cups. Per serving without frosting based on 15 servings: 372 cal.; 6 g pro.; 43 g carb.; 20 g fat (2 sat., 10 monounsat., 8 polyunsat.); 57 mg chol.; 335 mg sod.; 2 g fiber; 26 g sugar; 49 percent calories from fat.
BUTTERNUT SQUASH SPICE CAKE RECIPE - (4.4/5)
Provided by MJH
Number Of Ingredients 29
Steps:
- Make cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 3 round cake pans (8 inches each). Line each with a circle of parchment paper and set aside. Mix cake flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and star anise in a large bowl; set aside. In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat oil, eggs, coconut sugar, yogurt, orange juice, bourbon, and vanilla on medium speed until well blended. Add flour mixture; beat on low speed to blend, then on medium speed until smooth, scraping inside of bowl twice. Stir in orange zest and crystallized ginger, then squash. Divide batter among lined pans and spread level. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 24 minutes. Turn cakes onto racks, remove parchment, and let cool completely, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Make frosting: In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter and cream cheese until very smooth. Add powdered sugar, bourbon, cardamom, salt, cinnamon, and ginger; beat on low speed to blend, then on high speed until smooth and fluffy, scraping inside of bowl once or twice. Set a cake layer rounded side down on a platter; spread top of it with 3/4 cup frosting. Repeat with second layer. Set top layer in place, rounded side up. Spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Press coconut into sides, a small handful at a time. *Find coconut palm sugar in the baking aisle of well-stocked grocery stores. Toast coconut on a rimmed baking sheet in a 350°F oven until light golden, stirring once, 4 to 5 minutes. Make ahead: Up to 1 day, chilled and loosely wrapped with plastic wrap.
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