Beetroot cake
Ingredients
450 g cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp each, salt and vanilla essence
240 g light brown sugar
300 ml oil
4 eggs
Grated peel of 1 orange
1 tbsp mixed spices
80 g apples, grated
160 g raw beetroot, grated
100 g pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup blueberries
Cream cheese icing or icing sugar, for decoration
Method:
Ingredients
450 g cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp each, salt and vanilla essence
240 g light brown sugar
300 ml oil
4 eggs
Grated peel of 1 orange
1 tbsp mixed spices
80 g apples, grated
160 g raw beetroot, grated
100 g pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup blueberries
Cream cheese icing or icing sugar, for decoration
Method:
- Grease a 23 cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl beat together sugar, oil, eggs, orange peel and vanilla essence until well blended. Add the remaining ingredients and then fold in the dry ingredients with a large metal spoon. Pour the mixture into the greased cake tin and bake for about 45 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Allow to cool and then turn out. Decorate with a cream cheese icing, or simply sift icing sugar over the top.
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