Honey and butternut squash cake
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- Number of Servings: 14
Ingredients
120g wholemeal plain flour250g peeled and de-seeded and finely grated butternut squash1/4 tsp low sodium salt1 tsp baking powder200g runny honey1 egg3 egg whites1 tsp vanilla extractfinely grated zest of 1 lemon100g raisins100g dried cranberries100g chopped almonds
Preheat oven to 180C
Grease and line a cake tin (approx 22cm by 5 cm deep)
Add flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre.
Warm the honey in a microwave to ensure it is runny
In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the honey
Combine the grated butternut squash, vanilla extract and lemon zest with the egg mixture. Then pour slowly into the well made in the flour, gradually combing using a whisk until you create a loose, wet dough.
Fold the raisins, cranberries, almonds into the mixture.
Pour the batter into the cake tin and cook in for approx 35 mins until risen and golden.
Leave to cool and rest before serving.
The original version of the recipe stated this would make 8 servings, however, my version provided 14 decent slices.
Number of Servings: 14
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PIP103.
Grease and line a cake tin (approx 22cm by 5 cm deep)
Add flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre.
Warm the honey in a microwave to ensure it is runny
In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the honey
Combine the grated butternut squash, vanilla extract and lemon zest with the egg mixture. Then pour slowly into the well made in the flour, gradually combing using a whisk until you create a loose, wet dough.
Fold the raisins, cranberries, almonds into the mixture.
Pour the batter into the cake tin and cook in for approx 35 mins until risen and golden.
Leave to cool and rest before serving.
The original version of the recipe stated this would make 8 servings, however, my version provided 14 decent slices.
Number of Servings: 14
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PIP103.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 174.2
- Total Fat: 4.7 g
- Cholesterol: 13.4 mg
- Sodium: 53.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 31.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
- Protein: 4.4 g
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