butternut cake
(2 RATINGS)
A couple of years ago my fiance wanted a butternut cake for his birthday, ok no problem i found the recipe on Flora's Recipes, the problem was finding BUTTERNUT FLAVORING!!!!!!, i looked every where for it, finally i had to order it online, didn't cost a lot, just not readily available in our area. But wow the cake was awesome, and even better 3 days later
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prep time
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
yield
12 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 - eggs
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butternut flavoring
- BUTTERNUT FROSTING
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 box confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon butternut flavoring
- 1 cup chopped nuts( i used pecans)
- 1 stick butter
How To Make butternut cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350. Mix shortening and sugar in a large bowl. Add and beat eggs into mixture one at a time. Add flour, baking powder, salt and milk. Beat well. Add vanilla and butternut flavoring. Beat well. Pour into 2 greased and floured cake pans or a bundt pan.
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Step 2Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, Cook cake before icing.
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Step 3Let cream cheese and butter come to room temp. Beat all ingredients together, frost cooled cake.
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Step 4I have used this same recipe and just swapped the butternut for other flavors
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