easy healthy recipes

Spinach Cake


Spinach Cake

About this Recipe:

This is just an easy and healthy cake recipe. It's a good way to hide the spinach taste and texture and make children to eat it.


Main Ingredients:

Spinach: 1/2-1 cup cooked
Flour: 3 cups
Sugar: 1+1/4 cups
Eggs: 4
Vegetable Oil: 1/2 cup
Butter: 1 stick (1/4 lb or 100 grams), at room temperature
Milk: 1/2 cup
Baking powder: 2.5 tsp
Vanilla powder: a pinch
Salt: a pinch
Lemon zest: 1 tsp


Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.

2. Steam spinach. Remove excess water and puree in a food processor.

3. Mix sugar, oil and butter and using your electric mixer, beat for 5 min.

4. Add eggs one by one and beat 30 seconds after each addition.

5. Add spinach puree and the rest of the main ingredients. Mix well.

6. Pour the cake mixture into a 10-inch (25 cm) oven proof square pan.

7. Bake the cake for 35-40 min or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let it cool down for at least 15 min.



Published on May 5, 2009
Herbs & Spices in this Recipe:

Vanilla
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Servings
 
12
Easiness
 
Intermediate
Prep Time
 
15 min
Cook Time
 
40 min
Inactive Time
 
15 min
Ready in
 
70 min
3 Ratings
 
Average rating: 4.67


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