There are some days where nothing seems to go your way. Its as if the universe is conspiring against you, blocking everything. This morning was one such day.
Kitchen Conspiracies – A whole lot of them and unfortunately, all at once!
I woke up to a beautiful morning and soon entered the kitchen. Everything fine, until that moment. That’s when I noticed a small vessel sitting in the corner.
Yogurt! I forgot to refrigerate it…oh oh!! That meant really sour curd. And soon, it was followed by an under-cooked cabbage poriyal, overly salty sambar, flat hard rava idlis for breakfast and rotten pomegranates(for which I spent a fortune) for my son’s snack .
What a start to the day!
Not one to succumb easily to pressure, I got back at all these by just sleeping off the entire morning. That way, nothing can go wrong, you see! Now, I am refreshed and can face anything in this world.
Even those flat rava idlis!
Talking about things going wrong, this cake too falls somewhere in that border line. I made this for last month’s Daring Baker’s challenge. Hidden Veggies in dessert cakes was the theme. The cake came out fine, tasted wonderful right out of the oven and smelt nice. But I don’t know what I did wrong, cos the next day, it just became thick and sticky. May be I should have refrigerated them? No idea!!
Anyway, I didn’t get around posting on time for the Daring Baker’s challenge. So finally, here it is…a week late, but at least late than never!
Blog-checking lines: Ruth from Makey-Cakey was our March 2013 Daring Bakers’ challenge host. She encouraged us all to get experimental in the kitchen and sneak some hidden veggies into our baking, with surprising and delicious results!
Recipe Source: Beet Cake
Makes : About 20-24 cupcakes
Ingredients:
- All purpose Flour : 2 cups
- Baking powder : 2 tsp
- Baking Soda : 1.5 tsp
- Cinnamon : 1 tsp (I didn’t use this)
- Eggs : 4
- Oil : 1 cup
- Sugar : 2 cups
- Vanilla essence : 1 tbsp
- Beetroot : 2.5 cups, shredded
- Walnuts : 1 cup (I didn’t use this)
Method:
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon together. Add a pinch of salt. Keep aside.
- Beat oil, eggs and sugar together, until light and fluffy. Add vanilla essence. Mix.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet. Mix until combined. Add the grated beetroot and nuts, if using. Beat for a minute until combined.
- Line cupcake liners and bake for about 25 minutes or until done, keeping an eye on it after 20 minutes.
- Frost, if you wish, and serve.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for other participants. This month is special, because its a 30 day marathon – ie, a recipe a day!
My Kitchen Trials 
very innovative and very creative… nicely done..
Sowmya
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Thats a lovely shade to the cupcakes. They look so cute and pictures are classy.
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Haha…how I wish i could sleep off like that:-)….cake looks very soft Rajini…i missed baking these
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Muffins with beetroot looks amazing
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Good idea too feed kids, as you said taking a nap will surely relive pressure right.
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The cakes look super moist and yummy though.
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loved the upside cupcake, want to pop in my mouth right away
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Love the sight of the upturned cuppie! Sometimes my cakes too turn dense and sticky the next day. Let me know if you figure out from somewhere why that happens!
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The colour of the cake is beautiful. Some days are like that. Every thing I do turns out a great flop and sleeping surely helps…
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so interesting cake.Looks so nice.
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Love your idea of sleeping through troubled mornings. I will be doing this most of the days :) My friend uses beets in most of her daughters birthday cakes, since her daughter is allergic to food coloring. Love the color the beets are giving to the cake :)
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Salute to such a creative, amazing and out of the blues recipes. I am certainly taken up with the outcome, that gorgeous cupcakes are a joy to the palates and eyes.
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I love beets in cakes it give a natural color & taste.
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It is an interesting idea to use beets in cup cakes!
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Love the pretty color of the cup cakes…looks so spongy and soft..
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So So pretty. Love the peeking bits of beets :D
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O how I envy you! You can sleep in the morning.!!! Sigh! :(
These look delicious. Love the way the beet root has coloured the cupcake.
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Wish I could take a nap like you in the morning…hubby will throw me out of the hotel!…ehe…the little treat is very interesting..love the color and texture!
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yea I agree some days turn out like that!..but hey that’s a super cool solution, sleeping it off..hahahah..:)..The recipe sounds very good, of course 4 eggs seem to many for me to replace..will have to play around with the measurement!
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Love that mild colour given by beets, beautiful baked goodies.
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