Real beetroot cake

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

8 oz Soft margarine
8 oz Light brown sugar
4 md Eggs - separated
Juice of half a lemon
10 oz Self-rasing flour
1 ts Baking powder
4 oz Mixed chopped nuts
8 oz Cooked fresh beetroot,
-finely grated.

--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
4 oz Butter softened
8 oz Cream cheese
8 oz Icing sugar
Icing sugar to dust
Chopped nuts to decorate

Heat oven to gas 4/180c/350 F Grease and line 20cm/8" deep cake tin
(round)

Cream margarine sugar till light and fluffy then beat in egg yolks
and lemon juice. Fold in flour baking powder and nuts. Whisk egg
whites until stiff then fold into cake mixture with the grated
beetroot. Pour into the tin and make slight dip in the middle. Bake
for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hrs. Remove when skewer comes out clean and allow
to cool slightly before turning onto a rack to cool completely. Beat
butter, sugar and cheese till smooth. Halve cake and fill with 2
thirds of filling. Spread rest on top and sprinkle with icing sugar
and nuts.