Healthy Carrot And Beetroot Cake

A great treat if you are craving cake, but are on a diet!

Ingredients

• 2 carrots, coarsely grated
• 2 small raw beetroots, coarsely grated
• 100ml sunflower oil
• 100g dark brown sugar
• 100g self raising white flour
• 100g self raising wholemeal flour
• 50g sultanas (optional)
• zest of 1 orange
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

STEP 1:

1) grease and line a loaf tin or a round sandwich tin – whichever you prefer and preheat your oven to 190c.

STEP 2:

2) whisk the eggs in bowl for 5 minutes, then add the oil and sugar and whisk further until fully combined. Gently fold in both the flours, followed by the carrot, beetroot, sultanas, zest, baking powder and spices.

STEP 3:

3) pour into your greased tin and level out, then place in the oven for 30 minutes. Don’t be tempted to keep opening the oven to see if its done – keep the door shut! Test your cake with a wooden skewer to see if its cooked – if it comes out clean, its cooked. If not, put it back in for 5 minutes and check again. Repeat if nessaccary

STEP 4:

4) dust with icing sugar and serve!.