Quick Spelt Butternut Squash Cake
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A moist delicious butternut squash cake, studded with sultanas and crystallised ginger then topped with a zesty orange cream cheese frosting.
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Ingredients
- 75 g wholegrain spelt flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 160 g butternut squash grated
- 75 g muscovado sugar light brown
- 75 g butter softened or buttery spread
- 2 egg medium
- 50 g sultanas I plump mine in boiling water & pat dry
- 5 crystallised ginger finely chopped
- orange grated zest
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- For frosting:
- 50 g icing sugar
- 135 g cream cheese
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- Decoration:
- orange zest
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 190°C
- Line a 20cm round shallow tin with baking paper and grease.
- Sieve flour, baking powder and allspice into a bowl.
- Add the butternut squash, Muscovado sugar, butter, eggs, sultanas, crystallised ginger, orange juice and zest then whisk (by hand) together until blended.
- Pour into the tin and level.
- Bake in the centre of oven for 20 - 25 mins until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 mins in tine before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Beat together the icing sugar, cream cheese and orange juice to form the frosting.
- Spread over the cake when cool and decorate with orange zest strands.
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