Parsnip cake

A sunny day. This evening we will be looking at the stars and the planets. Maybe the moon as well. I don’t know if it is visible here. We’ll see!

This morning i baked a parsnip cake for Daniël. Yesterday i made pumpkin soup for this evening. A bit spicy, with a large winter carrot, a parsnip, onions, garlic, ginger, three hot peppers. I hope it is nice. Spicy.

Ingredients

• 160g whole flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 3 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 150ml vegetable oil
• 200g light soft brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• half an orange juice
• 200g finely grated parsnips
• 80g raisins or sultanas

How to

1. Place the flour in a bowl and stir in the cinnamon, cardamom and the baking soda, put to one side.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a large loaf tin with parchment.
3. Beat the sugar with the oil with a hand held or in a standing mixer. Add the eggs and the orange zest and beat in well. Stir in the grated parsnips followed by the flour and mix it in. Stir in the raisins.
4. Bake for around 50 minutes.

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