Gem squash mousse (skorsiemoes)

Ingredients

• 5 gem squash
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• ½ cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar

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Preparation

• Heat the oven to 180°C. Grease an oven proof dish. Halve the gem squashes and remove the seeds.
• Boil the gem squash until soft. Drain the squash. Mash the scooped out meat of the squash and stir in the butter or margarine.
• Sift the sugar, cake flour, baking powder and salt together. Whisk the milk and eggs together.
• Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients stirring continuously. Add the squash mixture and mix well.
• Add mixture to oven dish and sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar over the top.
• Bake the mousse for an hour without a lid. Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar over the top and serve.