Sunday, 4 November 2012

Anyone for Squash?

Okay, so the next couple of recipes aren't "fresh from the oven", I actually made them a few months ago but for some reason they didn't make the site. 
The first, and one of my most popular, recipes is a modified version of Jamie Oliver's Butternut Squash cupcakes. But I'm sure they're equally as good. 


What you'll need:
-"technically" 400g, but I'm lazy and just use half a butternut squash.
-350g light brown sugar
-4 eggs
-300g plain flour
-2 tsps baking powder
-Jamie says to use 175ml of olive oil, but for some reason I've always used 90ml and that works perfectly. So your choice!
-1 tsp cinnamon/a spice of your choice. 
- A handful of your chosen nuts. Jamie says to use walnuts, but I go for almonds. 

The making of:
-Pre-heat the oven to 180c / 350f / gas mark 4
- Peel, then chop the squash roughly and pop into a blender. (My first attempt at making these I didn't have a blender, so I was left with a grater. Not a fun task!)
-Mix the squash, sugar and eggs in a bowl
-Add flour, oil, nuts and flavourings, and mix together. 
-Fill up your cupcake cases with the gloopy mess and then pop into the oven. 
-Leave in to rise and get firm for 20-25mins

Now, for the icing Jamie gets all fancy and uses lemon and lavender and other stuff I didn't have at the time. So, I stuck with a simple glacier icing (method found on pack) with the tiniest splash of vanilla essence. 
When the cupcakes are cooked, cooled and ready; you just want to drizzle the icing on. No need for artsy stuff. 

Now tuck in! 

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