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Easy Squash Snack Cake

9/2/2020

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My parents grow a large garden every year.  They always grow yellow crookneck squash and I remember my mom making squash cake when I was a child.  It was always such a yummy way to eat squash.  This delicious cinnamon and vanilla flavored squash cake with the texture of a fluffier zucchini bread is one of my family's favorites!  
Easy Squash Snack Cake
I have made squash cake a few times over the years, but this summer I have made soooooo much squash cake.  With a garden full of squash and four boys who can finish a cake in no time, I found myself whipping up more cakes than I can count.  
Easy Squash Snack Cake
This little cake is so easy to throw together.  Although grating squash is not my favorite thing to do so I use my food processor (amazon link) to make quick work of it.  I usually grate more than I need and store the extra in the fridge for a day or two until I bake another cake.  
Easy Squash Snack Cake
You can use granulated white sugar or coconut sugar to make this cake.  To be honest, I like it better with coconut sugar.  It's a healthier option and I think it is too sweet when made with white sugar, but just right when made with coconut sugar.  

I am a little lazy when making this simple snack cake and only spray  olive oil or brush some coconut oil in the pan.  It sticks a little which you can see, but it's good enough for me since it always come out of the pan.  If you want to do things properly, you should probably use nonstick cooking spray or grease and flour the pan to prepare it for batter.  I always use this square baking pan which is a 9 X 9 or 10 X 10 inch pan.  Either size should work fine for the one hour baking time.  

Squash Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup coconut sugar or granulated white sugar
3/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups grated yellow crookneck squash
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

1.  Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. 
2.  Mix all together and pour into prepared baking pan.  
3.  Bake for one hour or until cake springs back when lightly touched.  



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4 Comments
Diane
9/4/2020 12:02:20 pm

Faith, what other oil might be used in this cake?

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Faith (Home Ec @ Home) link
9/4/2020 12:17:17 pm

You could use vegetable oil.

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Emily Fisher
8/2/2022 04:39:09 am

Hello, Could we use Almond or Coconut flour here?

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Faith (Home Ec @ Home) link
8/2/2022 09:02:39 am

Hi Emily,

I have never tried almond or coconut flour in this recipe, but now you have sparked my interest so I will be trying some substitutions soon. I did some reading this morning on this topic and although I have not found an exact answer, I can offer some ideas to try. I would try almond flour first, because coconut flour absorbs a lot more liquid than almond flour. I found a reader on another site say he had some success substituting 80% almond flour mixed with 20% tapioca starch for white flour. When using almond flour, you do need more eggs for binding the ingredients. This recipe already has three eggs, but you could increase this to four eggs to help it hold it's shape better. You could also use xanthan gum as a binder. I would add 1 tsp. I read that when using almond flour, baked goods bake faster. You might try checking it at 45 minutes to see if it is done. If using just almond flour as your substitute, I would reduce the flour by about 25%, you could try using one cup instead of the 1 1/3 cup flour. Almond flour has a higher fat content and will perform differently, so I have seen it suggested to reduce the amount of flour used.

I hope this helps! I will be trying some of these suggestions this fall and if I get a recipe I like, I will post it. Thank you for such a great question.

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