Butternut Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

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  • Number of Servings: 20
Ingredients
Cake:3 cups whole wheat flour (or regular)2 tsp. baking powder3/4 tsp. baking soda1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/2 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. nutmeg1/4 tsp. clove1 cup butter, softened1 3/4 cups brown sugar3 large eggs1 1/3 cup 2% milk or half-and-half1 1/3 cups pureed (or canned) winter squashFrosting:1 cup dark brown sugar1/2 cup butter, softened1/3 cup heavy cream1 tsp. vanilla1 1/4 cups icing sugar (powdered)
Directions
Prep:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour one 10" tube pan

Cake:
Sift all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar; beat eggs into wet mixture one egg at a time. Add the pureed squash to wet mixture; mix well. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture alternately with milk. Pour batter into cake pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 45 minutes.

Frosting:
Bring brown sugar, butter, and cream to a boil. Cook, while stirring, for 2 mintues. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Transfer to mixing bowl and let cool until lukewarm. Beat in icing sugar until it reaches spreading consistency. Spread on cake and enjoy!

Makes 20 snack-sized servings

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYZHERRA.

Servings Per Recipe: 20
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 221.1
  • Total Fat: 10.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 61.9 mg
  • Sodium: 298.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.9 g
  • Protein: 4.0 g

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