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