Vegetables with my cake? Don't mind if I do!

Chocolate and orange is a classic flavour combination we all know and love. But sweet potato in a cake? Surely not?

Hello all

I hope you have had a good week.

This week, I have a new Bundt recipe that I want to share with you. I have been doing a fair bit of baking recently and adding vegetables to my cakes with excellent results.

Adding vegetables to cakes often makes them lighter and more moist. And as a plus side can often result in the need for less added sugar and some extra nutritional benefits too. Ok, so the cake is never going to be very healthy per se, and we all know it should be eaten in moderation, but at least in this case, you can have an extra slice without feeling quite so naughty.

My chocolate orange bundt cake is published on Only Crumbs Remain. This recipe incorporates sweet potato into the mix to produce a delightful chocolate orange cake finished with a drizzle of chocolate orange frosting. The cake is not overly sweet, and I think it’s delicious.

It’s been made in a bundt tin, and by coincidence, a friend that I met up for dinner with this week mentioned how she had just made a bundt cake with butternut squash in it. She then went on to rave about using her bundt tin because it cooked cakes so evenly. She has a good point.

Do you have a bundt tin? Do you like it? I would love to know.

Until next time have a delicious week.

Cakes with added veggies

Chocolate orange and sweet potato bundt cake – Only Crumbs Remain

Made with a relatively small quantity of refined sugar, the sweet potato adds a little extra sweetness as well as bringing additional nutritional benefits to the bake.

Swiss Carrot cake – Only Crumbs Remain

Carrot cake but not as you know it! This pretty Swiss carrot cake has a delicious lemon and almond flavour. It is low fat and is both gluten and dairy-free. It can be made as a loaf cake in in shallow square cake tin.

Chocolate Passion cake tray bake – Only Crumbs Remain

This chocolate passion cake traybake consists of a light moist chocolate carrot cake, topped with a chocolate cream cheese frosting. Easy enough to make for an everyday treat, delicious enough for a special occasion.

And I have a chocolate and beetroot cupcake recipe which I have been updating coming soon

And now for something completely different

As we are all about veggies this week why not try this easy and oh so tasty meat free pasta dish?

Pasta with roast pumpkin ( or use butternut squash) and spinach – Recipes Made Easy

Easy to prepare pasta with roasted pumpkin and spinach is a healthy hot and spicy dish. Perfect for a midweek meat-free meal.