Healthy Recipes

Monday, January 09, 2012

Beetroot Cake

This recipe states the procedure for a mouthwatering Beet Cake.Very healthy and an easy c(b)ake. I added pulsed beet - u  can do it with grated.It will turn out fine. I added 250 gms beet for the recipe and U can do it good with 200 gms of it. U can try it as a combo with Choco or carrot. Enjoy this Beet Cake with Tea/Coffee or anytime.U can try to serve it topped with choco strands or coloured balls or with a cream topping. Enjoy it anytime!.BonAppetit!.

Beetroot Cake - Cake made with grated beetroot
Ingredients
    120 gm refined flour - sifted
    2 - 3 or 150-200 gms beetroot - grated
    1 tsp baking powder
    70 ml water
    30 ml refined oil
    1 well beaten egg (optional but this increases  the taste)
    40 gm butter and 1 tbsp butter to grease the tray
    75 gm castor sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    30 gms cashews - chopped fine
    2 tsp choco strands -optional
Directions
    1.Preheat the oven to 180 C .
    2.Sift together refined flour and baking powder.keep it aside.
    3.Cream butter and castor sugar and then add the beaten egg and whisk the mixture.
    4.Then add the plain flour mixture,vanilla extract and cashewnuts and mix them well for 2-3 mins.Then, add grated beetroot to it and mix them well for 3 more mins.
    5.Grease the cake tin with butter and bake for 25 - 30 mins in the middle rack(Check with a skewer,inserting to the cake mixture,till it comes out clean).Leave it undisturbed for 30 mins.
    6.Serve it with tea / coffee topped with choco strands on top.

12 comments:

  1. Super yummy cake!!really a healthy one..

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  2. Lovely and tempting beetroot cake. Wonderfully prepared.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  3. Wow recipe looks new to me and sounds interesting...
    Nice colour n soft cake...

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  4. very tempting super rich cake..bookmarking !!

    Erivum Puliyum

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  5. love the pretty color beets impart to the cake!....and healthy with all the antioxidants....yumm!

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  6. They look delicious..Mouthwatering..so moist and soft

    Aarthi
    http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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  7. Beetroot cake looks awesome..

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  8. The cake looks deliciously healthy. Great post. Keep it coming.

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  9. OMG ...cant resist dear......lovely caske...

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  10. Cake looks super moist and wonderful.

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  11. This looks perfect and amazing.

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