RUTABAGA NUTMEG CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING AND SALTED HAZELNUTS

INGREDIENTS

For the cake:

  • 1 cup, packed, raw peeled and grated rutabaga
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ cup plain full-fat yogurt
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups plain (self-raising) flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For the brown butter frosting:

  • 3 cups powdered icing sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

To serve:

  • ¼ cup salted hazelnuts, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

For the cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and line a 9” square cake tin with parchment paper.
  2. Beat the eggs, sugar, yogurt, oil and vanilla together well. Stir in the grated rutabaga. Sift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt and gently stir to combine.
  3. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 25-30 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the tin and then turn onto a wire rack, removing the parchment paper, to cool completely.

For the frosting

  1. Put the icing sugar, vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk into a large bowl. Set aside.
  2. In a saucepan over a low heat, melt the butter and continue to heat until it turns brown and smells nutty. Pour into the bowl of powdered sugar and beat until thick and smooth, adding more milk if necessary.
  3. Top the cooled cake with the frosting and sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts.