When in Marseille a few weeks ago, I stole one of these Halloween posters announcing the local Trick or Treat festival. It was designed by Sylvain Havec, a French illustrator. I love the clever use of neon orange and the hilarious illustration. Perfect or our kitchen door 😉 Not for too long though, because you know… it's orange, my husband's trauma color!
And do you remember these bubble gum cupcakes that I made for Halloween last year? This year I decided upon something slightly less chemical: a butternut squash spice cake. So here we go for the recipe. All you need is:
► one butternut pumpkin, which looks like this:
► 500gr plain flower
► 250gr sugar (or honey or sucralose)
► 150ml sunflower oil (or any kind of butter if you prefer)
► 15mg baking powder
► 3 eggs
► salt, cinnamon, grinded white pepper, 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract
It keeps surprising me that the inside of a butternut is bright orange and not white or beige like the outside:
Remove the skin and scoop out the seeds. Then grate the butternut like you would grate carrots.
Add the grated butternut to the mix of flower, sugar, oil, baking powder and eggs. And blend with a fork until you get a nice thick batter. Poor it into a buttered pan and bake for at least 50 minutes at 160°C. Bake until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. According to Kate a cake without frosting is just insane, but I really liked mine plain and gooey 😉 Bon appétit!
Nice one Judith! Both the poster and cake are impressive!
Muchos gracias! Happy Halloween, Giova!
Love the poster you lifted :-) Soo fab. And butternut squash cake looks and sound delish. Happy Halloween sweets,
Ax
Thanks Anya! I hope you enjoyed Halloween? Did you bake anything special for your sweeties? Or “just” ate lots of candy? Enjoy your weekend!
Ooh, don't you just love vegetables in cakes? We had chocolate courgette cake for our wedding and was super moist and very delicious!
I'll definitely give this the gluten-free treatment and let you know how it goes! :D
Happy halloween!
P.S. Cool poster! Not sure if I have a trauma colour myself!!! :D
Absolutely love veggies in cake! It's super easy, just a simple cake recipe with additional vegetables and spices. Chocolate with courgette sounds really good. Hmmm! Hope you enjoyed Halloween? I bet your fingers were a huge success ;) Have a great weekend, Chi!
I would have stolen that poster as well. Love the illustrations. My kid's favourite cake is a pumpkin spice cake but I'd love to try out this squash version. Enjoy your week-end. Jx
Yummm pumpkin spice cake is also sooo good. Just try it with a butternut, or like Chi suggested above: chocolate & courgette. Hmmm! You too, have a wonderful weekend back at home :)