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A tasty cake using winter squash

Roasted and mashed squash lends flavor, color and

Photo credit: Lauren Chattman | Roasted and mashed squash lends flavor, color and moisture to squash and sage cake squares. (Oct. 19, 2012)

Halloween is over, and you are standing on your stoop with a carving knife, ready to repurpose one of your pumpkins into a batch of muffin batter or pie filling. Don't do it. Spare the porch decor and use a butternut squash instead.

It is true that pumpkins hold a special place in culinary history. Resourceful Colonial Englishwomen quickly figured out how to bake pumpkin pies that bear a strong...

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