If you’re tired of hearing family members whine about too much squash on the menu, here’s a sweet solution: let them eat cake.
The squash seed I planted in June and carefully tend through the summer are thanking me with an especial craw this twelvemonth . I ’m determined to be up to their expectations .
The extra squash were reap and donated to my neighborhood solid food bank as part of the Plant a Row for the Hungry travail .
Then , for each of the remain squash racquets , I planned a peculiar vegetarian formula . Some were baked into frittata ; others slice and grilled . I ’ve overeat them , sautéed them , steamed them , and grated them for Colorado “ crab ” cake .
I ca n’t believe of a more various vegetable .
One of my all - time favorite ways to gear up summer squash is to fence it in chocolate and serve it as cake . I in secret smile when the anti - squash contingent gush about this cake ’s moist and flaky texture .
Because this is such a toothsome , gentle - to - make dessert , I fret and freeze squash in two - cup packets so I can bake these deep brown snack cake through the winter .
Chocolate Summer Squash Cake
constituent
½ cup softened margarine ( or butter)½ cup canola oil1 ½ cups sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla½ cup buttermilk2 ½ cup flour4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa½ teaspoon bake powder1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon cinnamon½ teaspoonful cloves2 cups grated summer squash½ cup cocoa buffalo chip ( optional )
Instructions
1 . Preheat oven to 350 degrees.2 . Prepare a 9×13 cooking pan with cooking spray or oil.3 . Cream together margarine , oil , and sugar.4 . Add eggs , vanilla , and buttermilk ; tick well.5 . Stir in dry ingredients.6 . Add squash and evoke to combine completely.7 . Pour into the grease 9×13 pan.8 . patter chocolate poker chip over the top of the bar , if desired.9 . Bake 40 - 45 second or until done .
Do you have a favorite squash formula that stick rave reexamination ? If so , please deal it here .
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A favorite way to use summer squash is to surround it in chocolate and serve it as cake.Photo/Illustration: Jodi Torpey
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