Desserts that are Basically Vegetables

Butternut Squash Spice Cake Recipe

Watch out, carrot cake. An intriguing mix of spices, plus coconut sugar for subtle sweetness, put this butternut squash cake over the top. (And did we mention the bourbon?) You'll need 3 round cake pans (8 in. each).

Zucchini Cookies Recipe

What's that old saying? A cookie a day keeps the doctor away.

Spice Cake with Caramel Icing Recipe

Parsnips make this aromatic spice cake moist and this cake makes parsnips tolerable.

Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes Recipe

A shout out to sweet potatoes for letting us pretend to eat healthy each and every holiday season.

Green Tomato and Fig Cupcakes Recipe

We know that tomatoes are technically a fruit but these cupcakes are too good to care!

New Classic Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Good thing all that cream cheese frosting is a distraction from the secret ingredient - Beets!

Butternut Squash Bread Pudding with Tres Leches Sauce Recipe

We'd eat anything covered in Tres Leches Sauce but for the record there's an entire butternut squash in this dessert.

The Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe

THREE cups of carrots people! #Health

Raspberry-Rhubarb Tart Recipe

We can actually see the rhubarb atop this sweet tart. Cover the evidence with lots of whipped cream.

Sweet Corn Ice Cream Recipe

Veggies, protein, dairy - this is pretty much a balanced meal.

Fresh Ginger Cake with Candied Citrus Glaze Recipe

The peppery punch of fresh ginger has got us (and this cake) all glazed over.