Cake #156 - Beetroot Cake

Wednesday Natural Ingredient / Healthy Cake - Beetroot Cake with Cream Cheese.

A naturally pink cake for Valentine's Day!

Base
400 g cooked and grated beetroot
400 ml plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
200  g butter, melted
4 eggs
300 ml golden caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar

Topping
150 g cream cheese
3 tbsp caster sugar
(a few drops of beetroot juice)

1. Preheat the oven to 200 C / 380 F and grease and flour a 24 cm x 24 cm square cake pan.
2. Beat eggs and sugar until white and fluffy.
3. Mix together all dry ingredients.
4. Add the dry ingredients together with grated beetroot and melted butter to the egg and sugar mix.
5. Pour batter into the pan and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
6. When completely cool, remove from pan and spread cheese mix on top.