{"id":6628,"date":"2018-11-02T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T10:02:43","slug":"best-winter-squash-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=6628","title":{"rendered":"Best winter squash cake + 7 variations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear friends, I apologize for not writing in this space in a looooong time! The reason is I\u2019d actually been writing a lot elsewhere: my English book \u2018Edible Paradise\u2019 is finally finished and getting designed as we speak!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll share more as soon as there\u2019s any news \u2013 like when the book has a cover- but meanwhile I\u2019m back to keep a long ago given promise which was to share a recipe for the best winter squash\/pumpkin cake. Now, I too, am suspicious of any recipe claiming to be the \u2018best\u2019 but believe me when I say this one has been thoroughly tested. I\u2019ve basically been baking a winter squash\/pumpkin cake on a weekly basis for the past two winters and have tried MANY recipes and many variations and here\u2019s the one that I always come back to. It\u2019s beautiful in its simplicity but I do suggest lots of variations too, in case you\u2019d like to play around with the recipe later.<\/p>\n

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So: what\u2019s different about this recipe? Unlike most recipes, mine uses homemade squash puree, not canned pumpkin. I prefer the \u2018real\u2019 stuff, have plenty of squash from the garden and can\u2019t get the canned stuff here in the Netherlands anyway. That being said, you can\u2019t just use any old squash for this: it should be sweet and not watery and it doesn\u2019t hurt when the flesh has a nice bright orange colour. Pretty much any squash from the Cucurbita moschata<\/em>\u2013family can be used – I oftentimes use a butternut, roasting one on Sunday and then using it for several dishes<\/a>. This year I grew another squash that turned out even sweeter and better for this purpose: \u2018Anvers\u2019. Apparently, it\u2019s a miniature version of \u2018Long Island Cheese\u2019 so if you grow that one, I expect it would be great as well.<\/p>\n

Intermezzo: here\u2019s a video about our 2018 winter squash harvest:<\/p>\n