Best Butternut Spice Cake Recipes

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HEALTHY GINGERBREAD SPICE CAKE WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH PUREE



Healthy Gingerbread Spice Cake With Butternut Squash Puree image

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

1 teaspoon extra-virgin coconut oil (such as Barlean's®)
¼ cup extra-virgin coconut oil (such as Barlean's®)
2 cups white whole wheat flour (such as King Arthur®)
¼ cup ground flaxseeds (such as Barlean's®)
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 (10 ounce) package frozen butternut squash puree, thawed
½ cup coconut milk
¼ cup molasses
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

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



Butternut Spice Cake image

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

½ cup finely chopped butternuts
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup butter
1 ⅓ cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk

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



BUTTERNUT PINEAPPLE SPICE CAKE image

Number Of Ingredients 19

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup canola oil
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups finely grated peeled butternut squash
1 cup drained crushed pineapple
1 cup toasted chopped walnuts
For the cream cheese frosting (optional):
One 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 to 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

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)



Butternut Squash Spice Cake Recipe - (4.4/5) image

Provided by MJH

Number Of Ingredients 29

CAKE:
2 cups cake flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour or sifted regular whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground star anise (grind in a clean coffee grinder) or ground allspice
1 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 cup coconut palm sugar* or packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup bourbon
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon orange zest
1/3 cup chopped crystallized ginger
2 3/4 cups coarsely shredded butternut squash
FROSTING:
3/4 cup salted butter, softened
12 ounces (1 1/2 large pkgs.) cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup toasted* unsweetened flaked (also called shaved) coconut

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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