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Spiced pumpkin and beetroot cake with cream cheese frosting
Photo: Alexander Maasch

Spiced pumpkin and beetroot cake with cream cheese frosting

20 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Makes 1 cake openrecipes

Adding grated beetroot and squash makes for a really moist, flavourful cake that's full of vitamins.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

845
Calories
22g
Protein
28g
Fat
125g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Syrup not in our table 0
Beetroot not in our table 0
Pumpkin 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

  • 300g/10½oz self-raising flour
  • 300g/10½oz light muscovado sugar
  • 3 tsp mixed spice
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 175g/6oz sultanasrum
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • ½ tsp caster sugar
  • 200g/7oz butter
  • 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 100g/3½oz grated beetroot
  • 400g/14oz (peeled weight) pumpkinbutternut squash
  • 200g/7oz cream cheese
  • 85g/3oz butter
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 3 free-range eggs, whites only (use pasteurised egg whites
  • 1½ oranges
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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