I saw this recipe in last week's Ottawa Citizen and figured I'd give it a try.
Richard gladly dug up the remnants of the beets from his garden. I chose the largest ones because I thought they'd be easier to peel
Well, they weren't that easy to peel! Thankfully, I only needed 2 cups or about 2 large beets.
The food processor did all the work grating them. Lots of noise and banging around but it worked.
As per the directions, in one bowl I mixed together the dry ingredients featuring spices like ginger and cinnamon.
And whipped up the wet ingredients like eggs, oil and vanilla with brown and white sugar.
Then I added the beet mixture alternating with milk.
Ooh wee! Is that ever a red batter.
And here it is. Still looks pretty red, eh?
But sadly once baked, it seemed to lose a lot of that gorgeous red colour. Wonder what the heck happened to it?
I saw this recipe in last week's Ottawa Citizen and figured I'd give it a try.
Richard gladly dug up the remnants of the beets from his garden. I chose the largest ones because I thought they'd be easier to peel
Well, they weren't that easy to peel! Thankfully, I only needed 2 cups or about 2 large beets.
The food processor did all the work grating them. Lots of noise and banging around but it worked.
As per the directions, in one bowl I mixed together the dry ingredients featuring spices like ginger and cinnamon.
And whipped up the wet ingredients like eggs, oil and vanilla with brown and white sugar.
Then I added the beet mixture alternating with milk. 
Ooh wee! Is that ever a red batter.
And here it is. Still looks pretty red, eh?
But sadly once baked, it seemed to lose a lot of that gorgeous red colour. Wonder what the heck happened to it?
The colour is the weirdest thing. I would have expected it to stay, maybe like a red velvet cake? Did it taste good?
ReplyDeleteNat, I wasn't that crazy about the taste of it. Lots of work and not much to write home about...
ReplyDeleteYou just answered my question:
ReplyDeleteI wonder how it tasted?
Pickled.... that's how beets are at their best!...or in a salad julienned. Yum.
Maybe the taste disappeared with the colour.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I can imagine! The recipe looked okay but the result was not what I expected!
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