Orange Beet Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Put the beets in a large baking dish and add 1/3 cup water; cover the dish with foil. Roast, adding more water to the pan if needed, until the beets are easily pierced with a knife, 50 to 60 minutes. Uncover and let cool. Rub off the beet skins and cut the beets into 1/2-inch-thick wedges; transfer to a medium bowl.
• Combine the orange juice, miso paste, sugar, soy sauce, ginger and garlic in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced to about 1/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve and pour over the beets. Season with salt and toss. Sprinkle with scallions.

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate and 1/4 cup butter; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream the remaining butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs., In a small bowl, combine the chocolate mixture, beets and vanilla. , Beat into creamed mixture (mixture will appear separated). Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 375° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Before serving, dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. On the baking sheet, toss the beets with the 2 tablespoons oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt until coated. Roast until fork-tender, tossing halfway through, 30 to 40 minutes. Let beets cool to room temperature.
• Once cooled, transfer beets to a food processor and pulse until puréed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Transfer to a medium bowl. Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• Grease the inside of a 10-inch Bundt pan with oil, dust with flour, then invert the pan over the sink and tap it gently to discard excess flour. Set aside. In another medium bowl, combine the milk, lemon zest and juice and let sit until curdled, 1 or 2 minutes. Whisk in the eggs, then whisk in the remaining 1 1/2 cups oil and set aside.
• Sift the 3 1/2 cups flour with the granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt into a large bowl and whisk to blend. Make a well in the center and pour in the wet ingredients, continuing to whisk, beginning in the middle and moving outward, until just combined. Transfer 2 cups of the batter to the bowl with the cooled beet purée and gently fold it in until combined.
• Pour about half of the plain batter into the base of the prepared Bundt pan. Next, pour half the beet batter on top, followed by half the remaining plain batter. Top with another layer of the remaining beet batter, then a final layer of the remaining plain batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the oven, release it from the edges of the pan using a butter knife, and allow it to cool, 5 minutes. Carefully invert the cake onto a serving tray to cool completely. (The cake's swirls come out more clearly if you let the cake rest for a few hours, or ideally, overnight.) Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8x4x2-inch bread pans.
• Blend beets and reserved liquid in a blender until smooth.
• Beat pureed beets, sugar, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth.
• Mix flour cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the beet mixture and stir into a smooth batter. Fold chocolate chips into the batter. Pour batter into prepared bread pans to about 3/4-full.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place beets on a large piece of foil on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Fold foil around beets and crimp ends to form a packet. Roast until tender when pierced with a knife, about 45 minutes.
• Transfer beets to a large bowl and drizzle with vinegar, honey, and orange juice. Top with orange zest and thyme.

Steps:

• Whisk together sugar, vinegar, apple pie spice, and cornstarch in a large, microwave safe bowl until combined.
• Cook in microwave on High until the mixture is boiling and has thickened, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Stir the drained beets and mandarin orange segments into the thickened sauce. Allow the beets to reheat in the sauce, do not microwave further, or the mandarin oranges will come apart. Serve either warm or cold.

Steps:

• Leaving root and 1 inch of stem on beets, trim tops and scrub with a brush.
• Place in a large saucepan, cover with water.
• Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour or until tender.
• Drain and rinse with cold water.
• Drain, cool.
• Trim off beet roots, rub off skins.
• Cut beets into cubes to measure 3 1/2 cups.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick frypan over medium heat.
• Add beets, rind, and next 4 ingredients, (rind through pepper.) Bring to boil, cook until liquid is the consistency of a thin syrup (about 12 minutes), stirring occasionally.
• Sprinkle with almonds.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scrub beets and peel them thinly. Grate the zest of 1 orange and juice both oranges.
• Layer overlapping slices of beets; sprinkle with grated orange zest, salt and pepper, pour juice over top. Cover and bake alongside the roast for 1 hour or until tender.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bring raisins and orange juice to a boil in a non-reactive sauce pan, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes, strain, retaining liguid, set aside raisins and return liquid to sauce pan simmer and reduce to about 3 TBLS (about 7 mins).
• Grease a 9" springform pan, line with parchment, grease and dust with flour.
• Stir together dry ingredients except sugars, set aside.
• Whisk the yolks slightly then whisk in oil 1 TBLS at a time, continuing till yolks are emulsified. Stir in zest, brown sugar, beets and raisins; fold in flour mixture.
• In a seperate bowl beat whites until soft peaks form, sprinke in white sugar a little and then beat for 1 minute more.
• Stir 1/4 whites into the cake batter to lighten, then fold in the the rest of the whites, pour into springform pan and level.
• Bake just until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes; carefully remove cake from pan and place on serving plate, reheat orange juice then brush over the top of the warm cake.
• Store in an airtight container.