Cushaw Cake

8 Servings
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A very moist, heavy, spicy cake.

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Cushaw Cake Ingredients

1 cup oil	1 tsp. cinnamon
4 each eggs beaten	1 tsp. vanilla
2 cup sugar	1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups flour	2 cups cushaw squash cooked, drained, & mashed
1/2 tsp. salt	1 teaspoon Allspice
2 tsp. soda	1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
2 tsp. baking powder

Instructions for Cushaw Cake

Cream oil, eggs, and sugar together. Mix flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Blend flour mixture into egg mixture and add vanilla, nuts, and cushaw. Mix well.

Pour into greased, floured Bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour at 350.

Main Ingredient: Cushaw squashCuisine: American

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The flour/sugar/spice ratios are perfect in this cake. We substituted 1/2 cup apple sauce for 1/2 cup of the oil. I am certain that had we used 1 cup oil it would have been MUCH too oily for our taste. Also added a handful of craisins (dried cranberries) and 1 cup rather than 1/2 cup pecan halves. We made with oven roasted green-striped cushaw, but it would be GREAT with any squash. Further, we made one cake Tuesday night for a Wednesday pot-luck (no left-overs!) and one Wednesday night for a Friday pot-luck! (keep you posted) Bottom line: here's the beauty of this recipe: simple units--4 eggs, 2C flour, 2C sugar, 2C squash, etc. Very easy to measure and mix. Note: I always sift all the dry ingredients by placing the first C flour into the sifter, then adding all the dry spices, etc. salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, powder, soda, etc., then add the second C flour. I don't use the flimsy sifter mechanism, but rather, tap the sifter against the side of the stainless steel work bowl. The resulting mixture then gets added a little at a time to the creamed eggs, sugar, and oil (apple sauce).

burkpugs
on Nov 20 2008 7:57PM

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I serve it with cream cheese icing though it could be eaten without icing. May substitute pumpkin or other type squash if desired.

mcdonald129
on Sep 26 2007 8:44PM

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I serve it with cream cheese icing though it could be eaten without icing. May substitute pumpkin or other type squash if desired. [I posted this recipe.]

mcdonald129
on Sep 26 2007 8:38PM

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