Ingredients
- Cake: shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
- 1 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind shopping list
- 1-1/4 cup vegetable oil shopping list
- 4 cups shredded peeled golden beets shopping list
- 1 cup dried cherries shopping list
- cream cheese icing: shopping list
- 1 pound (500 grams) block-style cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 2-2/3 cups sifted icing sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease two 9-inch-round cake tins and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Sift together the flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and set aside.
- Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add vanilla, sugars and grated lemon rind and mix well. Add oil in a slow, steady stream until well combined. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients along with beets and dried cherries. Divide batter between prepared cake tins.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake is deeply brown, has pulled away from the edges of pan and a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Run the edge of a knife around the edges to loosen and turn out on a rack to cool.
- Cream the cheese and butter using an electric mixer or food processor until soft and smooth. Beat in vanilla, icing sugar and lemon rind until incorporated and smooth.
- Spread icing over first layer of cake, top with second layer and ice the top and sides. Chill until ready to serve.
- Serves 12.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
This sounds delicious. Thanks for the post.
victoriaregina
in USA loved it
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What a lovely cake and I would have never thought to add beets as an ingredient. You've got my 5 forks.
laadeedaa
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same feeling, lovely cake!
midgelet
in Whereabouts loved it
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