When I set out to write Kelly Quinn and her series, The Resale Boutique Mysteries, I knew the twenty-something fashionista wasn’t a cook. While living in the city, she was far more apt to stop at the diner across from her apartment building or grab take-out for dinner after leaving the buying offices of the department store where she worked. Cooking a meal and baking a cake weren’t things she was interested in doing.
Since moving back to her hometown of Lucky Cove, New York, not much has changed except the dining establishments. She’s still not much of a cook but thankfully her best friend, Liv, works in her family’s bakery and her employee, Pepper, loves to cook and feed Kelly. So she’s eating well these days. Maybe too good. Her skinny jeans have gotten a little tight since moving out of the city where she walked everywhere. I can relate to Kelly, thanks to the holidays. So much good food!
Now that’s it’s January, it’s time to buckle down and make smarter choices. But, this gal loves chocolate cake and it’s my birthday month (and it’s also my release month, but I’m sure you’ve heard that already) and I love to celebrate with cake. This is quite a dilemma for me. But, I think I have a solution that will make my skinny jeans happy and allow me to savor the special moments in this month.
Chocolate cake with a healthy twist.
If you enjoy not-too-sweet, moist, decadent chocolate cake this is the recipe for you. But, I warn you, make sure you have a tall glass of milk when you serve up a slice of this cake for yourself because there’s no better way to enjoy it. Trust me.
What’s the healthy twist? Butternut squash. That’s right. Typically we serve butternut squash as a side dish or as a soup, but in a cake? I know, weird but so yummy. I prefer to make my own butternut squash by roasting first and then pureeing in my blender. But there is frozen butternut squash puree and also canned available. There’s also some unsweetened applesauce so you know this cake is moist beyond belief. And it’s a little less guilty indulgence which I know we all can appreciate.
Happy Baking!
Chocolate Butternut Squash Cake recipe
Ingredients:
½ cup butternut squash puree
2 egg whites
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt
1/3 cup sugar
¼ cup Canola oil Continue reading “Butternut Squash Cake by Debra Sennefelder”
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