Parsnip & Apple Cake With Walnut Frosting Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk Method
It has been a pretty rotten year all round, but there is nothing like a slice of cake to cheer you up! This is one of the cakes we have been selling at Fifty Seven, our venue (now takeaway in COVID times) at Northcross Road. As it is made with Parsnips & Apple we feel sure that it qualifies as a slice of your five a day!
Ingredients You will need a 12inch deep round tin & parchment to line it.
For the Cake • • • • • • • • • • • •
230g self raising flour 1tsp baking powder 1.5tsp cinnamon powder 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1tsp mixed spice 200g caster sugar 100g walnuts chopped 3 eggs 150ml sunflower oil 400g grated parsnips* 100g grated apples* *(Squeeze in a tea towel to remove all juice) 2 oranges zested
For the Frosting • • • •
1x 200g tub cream cheese (light preferably) 250g unsalted butter 200g icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Plus chopped walnuts to decorate!
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1) Preheat the oven to 1500C. 2) Sieve together the self-raising flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder, ground nutmeg & mixed spice. 3) Sprinkle in the caster sugar. 4) Chop the walnuts and add to the mixture. 5) Beat the eggs and sunflower oil together to emulsify and add to the mixture. 6) Grate the parsnips and apples and squeeze through a tea towel to remove all the juice, then fold into the mixture. 7) Add the zest from two oranges to the mixture and fold in. 8) Line your 12inch deep round tin with parchment & pour the cake mix in. 9) Bake 25 – 30 minutes at 1500C. 10) Combine the frosting ingredients – cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract. 11) Beat until smooth. 12) When the cake is cool pour over the cake and then pop the chopped walnuts on the top. Enjoy!
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