My grandmother made me a birthday cake every year by scraping icing — dyed ... 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup whole milk; ½ cup vegetable oil; ... slowly spoon the sugar into the fat mixture ...

Ingredients. 200g plain flour. ½ tsp baking soda. 1 tsp cinnamon powder. ¼ tsp ground cloves. ½ tsp ground nutmeg. ½ tsp fine sea salt. 2 eggs. 220g castor sugar ...

Ingredients. 150g plain flour. 1 tsp baking powder. ½ tsp baking soda. ½ tsp salt. 1 tsp ground cinnamon. 1 tsp ground ginger. ½ tsp ground cloves. 150g beetroot (1 large beet), washed, then ...

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Using a piece of kitchen paper, grease 2 x 20cm/8in round cake tins with butter. Line the bottom of the tins with a circle of baking paper.