1/2 c Butter
1 1/4 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Jar (16 oz) Aunt Nellie’s
-Sweet Sour Harvard Beets
2 1/4 c Sifted flour (all purpose)
1 1/2 ts Allspice
1 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Cloves
4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Soda
1 c Coarsely chopped walnuts;
-dusted with flour
Confectioner’s sugar
Beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Blend
beets in blender or food processor until smooth. Add sifted dry ingredients
alternately with beets to butter mixture, mixing well after each addition.
Fold in walnuts. Turn batter into greased and floured 9-cup bundt pan.
Bake at 350 F for 55-60 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool on rack for
30 minutes before removing from pan. Sift confectioner’s sugar over top of
cooled cake.
Yields
1 Servings