Beet Cake Recipe
They'll never know there's a beet in it.
Cooking Temperature 180 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4
Ingredients
- 1 Beetroot large, peeled, grated
- 1 cup Butter soft
- ½ Lemon zested, juiced
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 4 Eggs large
- ½ cup Cranberries dried
- ½ teaspoon Nutmeg ground
- 1 ¼ cup Flour
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
Instructions
- Grease and line a loaf tin ( 9 in x 5 in; or 23 cm by 13 cm.)
- Juice the half of lemon, then zest it.
- Start heating oven to 180 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4.
- Beat together in a large bowl the butter, sugar and lemon zest until creamy. Then beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the grated beet, cranberries, lemon juice and nutmeg. Then stir in the flour.
- Pour into the loaf tin, spread evenly.
- Bake for 60 to 70 minutes until a toothpick or skewer comes out clean. Remove from oven, let cool in tin, then turn out onto a rack. Slice thickly to serve.
Notes
Instead of one large beet you can use two small.
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