Deep Dark Chocolate Cake from 'cook Yourself Thin'
"Another recipe I am considering as a weight conscience birthday cake substitution. I'm not very big on the bittersweetness of dark chocolate, but the picture looks yummy and it's only 222 calories! The last 3 ingredients are for the frosting. NOTE: be sure to use organic unsprayed rose petals for the top."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 1⁄2 cups self-rising flour
- 1⁄4 cup finely ground almonds
- 5 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces beets, peeled and finely grated
- 4 ounces low-fat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons strong black coffee
- 3 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
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Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup dark chocolate, cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons strong black coffee
- 2 tablespoons honey
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly spray an 8-inch springform baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, ground almonds, salt and baking soda, and set aside.
- Using a standing or handheld mixer set at medium speed, beat the eggs and sugar for 4 full minutes until pale and fluffy. On low speed, beat in the grated beets, followed by dry ingredients. Add the buttermilk and coffee, and beat until the batter is smooth.
- Pour into the pan and place in the middle of a hot oven and bake for 30 minutes. Test with a toothpick inserted for doneness; it should come out clean. Bake for an additional 5 minutes if needed.
- Cool for 10 minutes or so in the pan and unmold onto cooling rack. Cool on a wire rack until cold.
- To make the icing, prepare a double boiler.
- Combine all the ingredients and gently stir until the chocolate is smooth. Stir occasionally until the mixture thickens.
- With the cake still on the wire rack, pour the icing liberally over the top of the cake and let it drip down the sides. Transfer onto a plate or cake stand for serving and garnish with rose petals.
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Great chocolate cake
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Hi my name is Shree. I love cooking although sometimes I get stressed instead of enjoying it. I have been collecting cookbooks and recipes that Id like to try for most of my life. I even started writing a cookbook one time. I never finished it though LOL! I still collect recipes and I like to try my own twist on most of them. I guess Im famous for my deserts, but I like cooking all kinds of dishes. I like to find things at a restaurant that I can recreate at home with similar ingredients.
