Can I substitute carrots for butternut squash in a cake?

[IlanaK]

I have a great recipe for butternut squah cake (Jamie Olivers one). But I have a fridge full of carrots that need using. The recipe uses a whole butternut squash that is whizzed ina food processor raw into tiny gratings before being mixed with other ingredients and cooked. Do you think this would work with carrot instead? And would it be as sweet?

Why not make a carrot cake then??

Because most carrot cake recipes I have found use very little carrots. The great thing about the butternut squash recipe is that it packs a huge amount of veg (a whole butternut squash) into one cake. And it has a great texture and holds up well.

Carrots have a natural sugar but not to the same extent, so a little brown sugar (principles of a carrot cake) may enhance it.
tbh i am intrigued... Which Jamie cook book?

Carrot and coriander soup? which is freezable for eating at a later date.

Thanks - I just too it out the oven and it is nice. Not as sweet as the butternut squash, but lovely all the same. And packed full of carrots! The Jamie Oliver recipe is here. But I make it as a cake and not muffins and I don't do the frosting. For the carrot cake I made it exactly the same way but just substituted carrots for the butternut squash.

I've done the same thing - substituted the squash with carrots and made the muffins. DH said they weren't quite as nice but he just prefers cooking with squash. I think Jamie says it the book he got this idea from a carrot cake originally anyway

Hi I'm allergic to Pumpkin so as butternut squash is the same family I have to avoid it. What do you think would be a good substitute? - BNS seems to be the "in" ingredient in lots of new receipes - what do you think about sweet potato? Thanks xxx