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Beetroot seed cake
Photo: David Holifield

Beetroot seed cake

15 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves about 8 openrecipes
Beetroot seed cake

Beetroot cake is the hero of vegetable-based cakes – moist, tasty and full of goodness. Nigel Slater shows you how.

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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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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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