Rutabaga Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup corn oil (i used canola)
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained reserving juice for glaze
• 1 cup shredded uncooked rutabaga
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons of the reserved pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 in large mixer bowl, combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla.
• 2 cream together.
• 3 sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.
• 4 drain pineapple reserving juice for glaze.
• 5 fold pineapple, nuts, rutebagas and coconut into batter.
• 6 pour into bundt pan that has been well greased and dusted with flour.
• 7 bake in a preheated 350 oven for 60-65 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 8 cool in pan for 10-15 minutes then turn out on wire rack to complete cooling.
• 9 when completely cool, top with pineapple glaze.
• 10 to prepare glaze:.
• 11 blend the 2-3 tbsp pineapple juice with the powdered sugar and spread over cooled cake.