Desserts that are Basically Vegetables
Everyone always says to eat more veggies, right? Live the dream while chowing down on cookies, cakes, tarts, puddings, and ice cream minus the guilt. Because, hey you're really eating (some) vegetables!
Butternut Squash Spice Cake
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).
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Zucchini Cookies
What's that old saying? A cookie a day keeps the doctor away.
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Spice Cake with Caramel Icing
Spice Cake with Caramel Icing Recipe
Parsnips make this aromatic spice cake moist and this cake makes parsnips tolerable.
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Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes
Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes Recipe
A shout out to sweet potatoes for letting us pretend to eat healthy each and every holiday season.
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Green Tomato and Fig Cupcakes
Green Tomato and Fig Cupcakes Recipe
We know that tomatoes are technically a fruit but these cupcakes are too good to care!
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New Classic Red Velvet Cake
New Classic Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Good thing all that cream cheese frosting is a distraction from the secret ingredient - Beets!
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Butternut Squash Bread Pudding with Tres Leches Sauce
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.
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The Ultimate Carrot Cake
The Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe
THREE cups of carrots people! #Health
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Raspberry-Rhubarb Tart
We can actually see the rhubarb atop this sweet tart. Cover the evidence with lots of whipped cream.
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Sweet Corn Ice Cream
Veggies, protein, dairy - this is pretty much a balanced meal.
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Fresh Ginger Cake with Candied Citrus Glaze
Fresh Ginger Cake with Candied Citrus Glaze Recipe
The peppery punch of fresh ginger has got us (and this cake) all glazed over.