Buttercup Cream Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 1/2 cup unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup soy milk (or rice milk or other non-dairy)
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup safflower oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
• BUTTERCUP CREAM:
• 8 cups cubed (1") peeled buttercup squash (or butternut, acorn, delicata, pumpkin, etc. or combination of squashes)
• 1 3/4 cups apple juice divided
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons agar-agar flakes
• 1 tablespoon arrowroot (or kudzu or cornstarch)
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• TOPPING:
• 2 tablespoons cocoa or carob powder
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon safflower oil
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon soy milk - (to 2) (or rice milk or other non-dairy milk)