Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 454 grams beets (about 2 medium); 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, chilled; 158 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 2 larges eggs; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 118 milliliters 1% low-fat milk; 2 teaspoons grated orange rind; 710 milliliters sifted powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 2 Tbsps finely chopped walnuts, toasted

Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a vegetarian recipe with 18 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 296 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, ground ginger, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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To prepare cake, peel beets using a vegetable peeler. Grate beets, using the large holes of a grater, to measure 2 cups.

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Vegetable

Beet

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Peeler

Grater

Coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Wax Paper

Combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended.

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Granulated Sugar

Brown Sugar

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Bowl

Add beets; beat well. Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Beet

All Purpose Flour

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Knife

Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through salt) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Pour batter into prepared pans; sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Carefully peel off wax paper, and cool cake completely on wire racks.

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Wax Paper

Oven

To prepare frosting, beat orange rind, vanilla, and cream cheese with a mixer at high speed until fluffy.

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Cream Cheese