Beetroot Cake | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 500 grams raw beetroot
• 20 centimetres fresh ginger (finely chopped)
• 3 large eggs (separated)
• 150 millilitres honey
• 170 millilitres olive oil
• 2 vanilla pod (seeds)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 100 grams polenta
• zest and juice of 1 orange
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch of allspice
• 1 pinch of cinnamon
• 150 grams plain flour
• 200 grams creme fraiche
• 175 millilitres vin santo
• 1 marsala (or sherry)
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar