Beet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

• Cake:
• 1 pound beets (about 2 medium)
• Cooking spray
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk
• Frosting:
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8-ounce) block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, chilled
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts, toasted

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. To prepare cake, peel beets using a vegetable peeler. Grate beets, using the large holes of a grater, to measure 2 cups.
3. Coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
4. Combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended. Add beets; beat well. Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through salt) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared pans; sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles.
5. Bake at 350u0b0 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Carefully peel off wax paper, and cool cake completely on wire racks.
6. To prepare frosting, beat orange rind, vanilla, and cream cheese with a mixer at high speed until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar; beat at low speed just until blended (do not overbeat).
7. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting; top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle nuts over top of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.

beets, cooking spray, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, flour, baking powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, milk, frosting, orange rind, vanilla, cream cheese, powdered sugar, walnuts

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/beet-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting (may not work)