Kids party
Beetroot Carrot Cake
A great idea for a loved one's birthday! A Beetroot Carrot Cake with Violife Creamy frosting and blueberries! Go ahead, give in to the temptation!
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Cooking time30 minutes![preparation time]()
Prep time30 minutes![servings]()
Servings12 portions
FOR THE CAKE:
- Includes200 g mixed beetroot and carrot, grated
- Includes½ orange, zest
- Includes95 g coconut flour
- Includes70 g buckwheat flour
- Includes100 g dehydrated coconut
- Includes75 g coconut sugar
- Includes1 tsp baking powder
- Includes1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Includes1 tsp cinnamon
- Includes½ tsp cardamon
- Includespinch of sea salt
- Includes2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- Includes6 tbsp water
- Includes80 ml olive oil
- Includes60 ml almond milk
- Includes60 ml orange juice
- Includes2 tsp apple cider vinegar
FOR THE FROSTING:
- Includes2 packs Violife Creamy Original
- Includes800 ml cans coconut milk (refrigerated overnight)
- Includes1 cup icing sugar
- Includes1 cup blueberries
- IncludesZest from 1 lemon
FOR THE TOPPING:
- Includesblackberries
- Includesfresh thyme sprigs
- Includesedible flowers
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Grease and line three 21cm round cake pans.
- Peel and roughly grate beetroot and carrots, stir in orange zest and set aside.
- Mix ground flaxseed and the 6 tbsp water and set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flours, the coconut, the sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, cardamom and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together olive oil, almond milk, orange juice, apple cider vinegar and flax eggs. Set aside.
- Add the beetroot mix to the dry mix and then add the liquid mixture until combined.
- Evenly divide the mixture between the cake pans.
- Bake for 30 mins. Let cool.
FOR THE FROSTING:
- Add solid part of coconut cream to bowl.
- Add Violife Creamy Original and whisk until smooth.
- Add icing sugar and stir. Blitz the blueberries in a blender and fold into your frosting mixture.
- Once cakes are cool, spread frosting between the layers and sandwich one on top of the other.
- Decorate with blackberries, thyme sprigs and edible flowers.
