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Butternut Layered Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 1 cup vegetable oil

  • 2 cups granulated sugar

  • 4 large eggs

  • 2½ cups All-Purpose flour

  • ½ cup Self-Rising flour

  • 1 cup whole milk

  • 1 tablespoon butternut extract

Butternut Frosting:

  • 1 pound powdered sugar

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, soft

  • 1 tablespoon butternut extract

  • 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened

  • 1 cup pecans, chopped

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Directions

Cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.  Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, blend oil and sugar. 

  3. Add eggs and beat with mixer on high for 6 minutes. 

  4. Add both flours, milk and extract; mix on medium speed, scraping down as needed.  

  5. Pour into pans and bake 20-25 minutes or until done. Let cool 10 minutes.

  6. Remove from pans, invert on racks and thorughly cool before frosting.

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Butternut Frosting:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, put the sugar, margarine, cream cheese and flavoring. 

  2. Mix with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute, until sugar is thoroughly blended. 

  3. Mix at medium-high speed for 2-3 minutes or until frosting is fluffy and spreadable; stir in pecans. 

  4. Spread on cooled cake layers.

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