This breakfast cake recipe is hugely forgiving. It can be made with all AP flour, or all cake flour, or even whole wheat flour if you're looking for some added bulk. You can make it with all carrots or beets or even zucchini, and you can toss in a teaspoon of whatever spices you prefer if you want to change it up a bit (I like cinnamon and coriander). If you want, try making this cake in a bundt pan for an interesting presentation, but you'll have to carefully gauge your baking time to suit whatever size pan you're using.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15minutes
Cook Time 1hour
Total Time 1hour15minutes
Servings 2loaves
Calories 228kcal
Author Stephanie Stiavetti
Ingredients
Butter for greasing
1cupchopped walnuts
2largeeggsat room temperature
1/2cup (3 1/2 ounces)white sugar
1/2cup plus 2 tablespoons (about 4 1/2 ounces)brown sugar
1cuppeeled, grated raw beets(about two small beets)
1cuppeeled, grated carrots(about one large carrot)
1/2cuppeeled, grated parsnip(about one small parsnip)
1cupdried cranberrieschopped lightly
Instructions
Set oven rack to middle of oven and preheat to 350°F (176°C). Generously grease two 5- by 9-inch loaf pans and set aside.
In a small frying pan, heat walnuts over medium heat to toast, agitating every few seconds. Once the walnuts turn fragrant and change to a deeper shade of brown, remove them from the heat. Allow to cool completely.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and add white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and lemon zest. Whisk until well mixed, then add in sour cream and whisk until uniform consistency. Beat in baking soda, salt, and rosemary, mixing well.
Using a large spoon, stir in cake flour until no white powdery bits are visible. Follow with the all purpose flour, stirring just until there is no more visible flour. Use a rubber spatula to fold in shredded beet, carrot, and parsnip, followed by dried cranberries, followed by the walnuts. Stir just until combined.
Divide the batter equally between the two loaf pans and bake until top splits slightly and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes, rotating pans half way through baking. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a cooling rack and let sit until fully cooled. Serve with salted butter.
Notes
Special Equipment: Two 5- by 9-inch loaf pansNutritional analysis is based on each loaf serving 8.