Frances Atkins' three-colour cake recipe

A fantastic eye catching cake project that will excite the kids as they make each different colour.
See method- Serves 8
- 20mins to prepare and 25mins to cook
- 281 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 25g (1oz) spinach
- 25ml (1fl oz) rapeseed oil
- 50g raspberries
- 165g (5½oz) caster sugar
- 10g (½oz) cocoa powder
- 10ml (½fl oz) milk
- 115g butter, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 115g (4oz) self-raising flour
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- Energy
- 1175kJ 281.0kcal
- Fat
- 15g
- Saturates
- 8g
- Salt
- 0.2g
- Sugars
- 22g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 34.4gProtein 3.6gFibre 1.4g
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Method
- Preheat your oven to Gas Mark 4, 180°C, fan 160°C and line an 8 inch loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
- Have 3 clean bowls ready. Start by blending the spinach and the rapeseed oil together, then sieve into the first bowl.
- Next, blend 50g of the sugar and raspberries together. Pass through a sieve into a second bowl.
- Into the third bowl, mix the cocoa powder and milk together until it forms a paste.
- To start the cake mixture, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy then add the beaten eggs.
- Stir self-raising flour into the mixture to make a smooth batter. Pour one third into the spinach mix, another third into the raspberry mix and the rest into the cocoa mix.
- Thoroughly combine the mixture in each bowl until you have a green mix, a pink mix and a brown mix.
- Pour each mixture as layers into the baking tin. You can swirl the mixtures together to create patterns but be careful not to mix the colours too much.
- Place into the oven for 25 minutes or until a skewer pierced into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Once cooked, remove and set aside to cool slightly before placing out onto a cooling rack. Slice and serve.
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