Adopted from Mom! What's for dinner? Blog.
This cake is amazing! If you don't know what's in this cake you can not tell its spinach.
I had some guests over and non of them could tell!
Spinach cake is a Turkish cake. So moist and delicious!
Try it with cream cheese frosting and enjoy the combination of tastes!
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup spinach puree
- 3/4 cup canola oil (the original recipe calls for light or extra light olive oil)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Ingredients for Cream cheese frosting:
- 120 grams butter, softened
- 120 grams cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For the frosting:
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in the vanilla extract.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cream-cheese-frosting-recipe.html?oc=linkback
Baby spinach are best for this cake. If using regular spinach remove stems.
Puree spinach in a food processor or blender till pureed. It should be perfectly fine and no trace of spinach. Just like this picture.
Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch pans.
Beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add oil, lemon juice and pureed spinach and mix well.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt and blend into spinach mixture for 1 minute.
Pour into greased pans.
Bake for about 30 minutes and check with toothpick. Let them cool then transfer to serving plate.
Spread half of the frosting on the bottom layer and put the other one on top and add the other half of frosting on top.
