If there are two flavours from my childhood that elicit fond memories it’s chocolate and beetroot. This cake is moist, sweet and deliciously chocolaty. Don’t let the beetroot put you off, you can’t taste it, it just makes the cake sweet and moist.
Beetroot Chocolate Cake
Makes one 20cm round cake.
Ingredients
- 170g plain flour
- 10g baking powder
- 75g cocoa powder
- 225g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 225g cooked beetroot (you can either buy cooked beetroot or peel and boil raw beetroot and cook in boiling water for 30-40 min and cooled)
- 200ml vegetable oil
Equipment
Cake Tin
Grease proof paper
Scale
Bowl
Sieve
Blender
Spatula
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C, and line your cake tin with the grease proof paper.
Weigh and sieve all the dry ingredients into a bowl.
Put the rest of the ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth.
Fold the beetroot into the dry ingredients pour into the prepared tins and bake for about 40 min or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool before turning out the tin and serving.
This cake is delicious on its own or can be covered in chocolate ganache or served with vanilla ice cream.
Happy Baking!
~Dominique~
Heavenly Kitchen 