Beetroot Cake Recipe

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Beetroot Cake
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Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
1112
Calories
Total time
70
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 190 ºC.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and salt twice.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, oil and eggs.
  4. Add beetroot, nuts and jam and mix well.
  5. Sift in flour mixture and mix well.
  6. Pour into a greased deep 20 cm diameter baking pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean.
  7. Cool slightly in pan, then turn out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. Spread thickly with icing and decorate with candied beetroot topping.
  9. -ICING-.
  10. Place cream cheese in a mixing bowl.
  11. Fold in icing sugar and gently mix in orange peel.
  12. -TOPPING-.
  13. Place 250 ml (1 cup) each of the sugar and water in a saucepan.
  14. Bring to the boil.
  15. Add beetroot and reduce heat to moderate.
  16. Boil for 25 minutes.
  17. Remove beetroot slices.
  18. Combine remaining sugar and water in another saucepan and boil until sugar dissolves.
  19. Transfer beetroot to this mixture and cool.
  20. Store beetroot in syrup in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to use.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1112.28 Kcal (4657 kJ)
Calories from fat 645.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 71.68g 110%
Cholesterol 161.75mg 54%
Sodium 647.91mg 27%
Potassium 580.9mg 12%
Total Carbs 107.27g 36%
Sugars 64.06g 256%
Dietary Fiber 4.26g 17%
Protein 14.67g 29%
Vitamin C 4.9mg 8%
Iron 51.8mg 288%
Calcium 172.4mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 311.6 Kcal (1305 kJ)
Calories from fat 180.74 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.08g 110%
Cholesterol 45.31mg 54%
Sodium 181.51mg 27%
Potassium 162.74mg 12%
Total Carbs 30.05g 36%
Sugars 17.95g 256%
Dietary Fiber 1.19g 17%
Protein 4.11g 29%
Vitamin C 1.4mg 8%
Iron 14.5mg 288%
Calcium 48.3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 27.4
    Points
  • 31
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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