RECIPE: Beetroot, orange & pineapple cake

Topped with cream cheese icing, this bake is similar to a classic carrot cake but with a twist: grated beetroot replaces the carrots giving it a lovely sprinkling of pink throughout

13 May 2018 - 00:00 By Jenny Kay

Makes: 1 cake
Ingredients:
4 extra-large eggs
200g (1 cup) light brown sugar
250ml (1 cup) sunflower oil
240g (2 cups) cake flour
10ml (2 tsp) bicarbonate of soda
5ml (1 tsp) salt
4x250ml grated raw beetroot
400g can of crushed pineapple, well drained
30ml (2 tbsp) grated orange rind
Icing:
2 x 250g bricks of thick cream cheese
60ml (4 tbsp) runny honey
10ml (2 tsp) grated lemon rind
15ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice
Method:..

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