Name: Kumara cake with orange frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Kumara cake; 1 3/4 cup plain flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 3/4 cup sultanas; 3/4 cup walnuts, chopped; 500 gram kumara, peeled, grated; 3 eggs, at room temperature; 1 cup vegetable oil; 2 tablespoon finely grated orange zest; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice; Orange frosting; 50 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature; 250 gram cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest; 2 cup icing sugar

Ingredients

Kumara cake

1 3/4 cup plain flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup sultanas

3/4 cup walnuts, chopped

500 gram kumara, peeled, grated

3 eggs, at room temperature

1 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoon finely grated orange zest

1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice

Orange frosting

50 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature

250 gram cream cheese, at room temperature

1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest

2 cup icing sugar

Method

Kumara cake

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Grease and line base and side of a 20cm (base diameter) round spring-form cake pan with removable base with baking paper. Combine flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, sugar, sultanas, walnuts and kumara in a bowl. Whisk eggs, oil, zest and juice together. Pour into kumara mixture; stir until combined.

2.Spoon mixture into prepared pan; level surface. Bake for 45 minutes. Turn down oven to 160°C/140°C fan forced; bake for 30 minutes or until golden and cooked when a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

3.Make orange frosting as per method below.

4.Cut cooled cake in half horizontally. Transfer cake base to a serving plate; spread base with half the frosting. Replace top of cake; spread with remaining frosting. Serve.

Orange frosting

5.Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until pale. Beat in cream cheese, zest and sifted icing sugar until combined and smooth.

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Ingredients

Method

Kumara cake

Orange frosting

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