Beetroot Chocolate Cake
"I like using this recipe because it never fails and I can convince myself that is a 'healthy' chocolate cake!"
photo by wizkid
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 6 medium fresh beetroots or 1 1/2 cups pureed fresh beetroots
- 2 cups self raising flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 cup cocoa
- 125 g dark cooking chocolate, melted.
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped pecans or 3 -5 whole pecans (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, beaten
directions
- Boil unpeeled beetroot for 1 hour.
- Drain, peel, cool and puree beetroot to make 1½ cups of pureed beetroot.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C Lightly oil and flour a 25 cm cake tin.
- Place flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly.
- Add the chopped nuts if using.
- In another bowl, mix oil, eggs, and beetroot.
- Fold into the dry ingredients with melted chocolate.
- Place in cake tin.
- Bake 45-55 minutes.
- Turn out onto rack and cool.
- Served slightly warm with fresh cream makes a delicious dessert.
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Reviews
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fabulous.... -
yummy....!!!! :) you almost cant taste the beetroot...i made some changes though, i changed the flour with a wholewheat self raising flour, reduced the sugar into 1 cup, but add 25 g more chocolate.. -
Very rich, dark and delicious cake. The only change I would make is to add a little Allspice or nutmeg next time. There definitely will be a next time as I will hang onto this recipie. Thank you for posting
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Cooking is a relaxation and pleasure for me. I grow most of my own produce using the Moon phases to plant my veggie garden. I also like to catch our own fish. I don't like recipes that need a lot of preparation time so my recipes are selected for speed of preparation. After recovering from bi lateral breast cancer I have taken a keen interest in Ayurvedic cooking as many of the spices used in these dishes seem to have helped my recovery, so we eat spicy dishes several times a week.
