Roasted Beet & Strawberry Buttermilk Skillet Cake

This Roasted Beet & Strawberry Buttermilk Skillet Cake combines sweet, roasted beets with locally grown strawberries in a moist & buttery buttermilk cake...

This recipe first appeared on the Bridgeport Farmers Market Let's Get Fresh site.

I am on a mission once again this outdoor farmers market season to show you all how you can create a delicious recipe purchasing mostly locally grown & raised produce and meats at your local farmers market. 

I started this locally inspired recipe series last summer, and I am thrilled to be continuing the series this year as well. Each month I will be sharing a recipe here to the blog inspired by and featuring some of my own personal favorite fresh & local finds from my local market. 

For the month of June, I am sharing a delicious summer dessert recipe with an unexpected ingredient- roasted beets! This Roasted Beet & Strawberry Buttermilk Skillet Cake combines sweet, roasted beets with locally grown strawberries in a moist & buttery buttermilk cake. 

Top with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream or some homemade whipped cream, and you have an impressive dessert to serve at your next summertime get-together...

Winter Vegetable Ratatouille

A classic French dish gets a hearty wintertime makeover with the addition of beets & turnips in this easy to make Winter Vegetable Ratatouille...

A big thank you to Hamilton Beach for partnering with me today to bring you all this recipe & for sponsoring the giveaway.

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Have you ever watched a movie and came away from it just craving a dish you have never tried before? Like you literally wanted to run out to the store the minute the credits hit and go get everything you needed to make it. For me, that movie was Ratatouille. ;) Yes, the Disney movie about a rat who became a critically acclaimed chef.

There was just something about the way that those thinly sliced & roasted vegetables evoked childhood memories for Anton Ego that had me entranced. But one thing stopped me in my tracks- those perfectly sliced veggies. I mean, I know that ratatouille can be made a little more rustic, but I wanted to make the ratatouille from the movie. The ratatouille with the beautiful layers of evenly sliced vegetables. But seeing as how I didn't want to spend an hour thinly slicing eggplant and zucchini by hand, I put this little culinary fantasy of mine on the back burner. That is, until now... ;)