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BUTTERNUT SQUASH CUPCAKES

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Butternut Squash Cupcakes

Jamie Oliver Strikes AGAIN. Fantastico! My first ever cupcake and they rock.

 



This recipe goes with: Sour Cream Icing

CATEGORIES

INGREDIENTS

  • 14oz Butternut Squash
  • 1 2/3 C Brown Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/3 C Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 12 TBLS. Olive Oil
  • handful Walnuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS

preheat oven to 350 F


Chop raw Squash roughly and blend or process the heck out of them down to tiny bits. Add sugar, eggs, salt, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, olive oil and walnuts and process/blend til smoth.


Fill cupcake paper things 3/4 full. Bake 20 minutes.


(that's what he said, but I didn't find it to be enough time. Check to see if done by putting a clean knife into the middle of ye olde cupcake and it should come out clean - I went another 10 minutes).


Let cool 10 minutes before Icing.


Sour Cream Icing


Mandarin (I used orange) Zest


Lemon Zest


1/2 Lemon juice


2/3 C sour cream


1 tsp Vanilla Extract


4 TBLS confectioner Sugar


Mix, taste, add zest/sour cream or sugar to taste.


RECIPE BACKSTORY

Jamie Oliver Strikes AGAIN. Fantastico! My first ever cupcake and they rock.

RECIPE REVIEWS

Apr/17/2008 08:04 pm jessiem
I love this recipe! It's so yummy.

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Author: Jamie Oliver

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