Butternut Squash Cake W/ Brown Sugar Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups pureed winter squash
• 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup heavy 35% cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
• 3 for cake: sift all dry ingredients.
• 4 cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 add in the pureed squash; mix well.
• 6 add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• 7 pour the batter into prepared pan.
• 8 bake for about 1 hour, or until cake tests done.
• 9 cool in pan for 45 minutes, remove to rack to finish cooling.
• 10 for frosting: bring brown sugar, butter and cream to a boil.
• 11 cook, stirring 2 minutes.
• 12 remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
• 13 transfer to a mixing bowl; let cool to lukewarm.
• 14 beat in icing sugar until of spreading consistancy.