Recipes
Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Rich, dark and moist - best eaten with a fork!- Serves:
- 6-8
- Preparation Time:
- 20 mins
- Cooking Time:
- 50 mins
Ingredients:
- 30g cocoa powder
- 115g plain flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 150g caster sugar
- 240ml corn oil
- 1.t teaspoons vanilla essence
- 3 whole eggs, beaten
- 200g plain cooked (vacuum packed) beetroot - not with vinegar - well drained & grated
- 110g plain dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces (rubble rather than dust)
Instructions
1 Preheat the oven to 375F/190C/Gas 5.
2 Sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl and mix in the sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
3 Grease a 18.5cm (7-inch) cake tin with butter and line with greaseproof paper. Pour in the cake mix.
4 Bake for 50 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean. It will be fairly moist and 'fudge-y' in the middle.
5 Turn out, and cool on a rack. Serve dusted with icing sugar and with a dollop of creme fraiche.