Photo: David Holifield
Beetroot seed cake
15 ingredients
30 min + 1 hr
Serves about 8
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Beetroot cake is the hero of vegetable-based cakes – moist, tasty and full of goodness. Nigel Slater shows you how.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
986
Calories
26g
Protein
46g
Fat
121g
Carbs
Counts 8 of 13 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sunflower | 1 oz (28g) hulled | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Sunflower Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Beetroot | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Poppy Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- or oil, for greasing butter
- 225g/8oz self-raising flour
- half a teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- a level teaspoon baking powder
- half a teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 180ml/6¼fl oz sunflower oil
- 225g/8oz light muscovado sugar
- 3 free-range eggs
- 150g/5oz raw beetroot
- juice of half a lemon
- 75g/3oz sultanas
- 75g/3oz mixed seeds (such as sunflower, pumpkin and linseed)
- 8 tablespoons icing sugar
- a little lemon juice
- , to garnish poppy seeds
Directions
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