Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Name: Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Ingredients: 75 g good quality cocoa powder (I used Hershey's cocoa); 180 g plain flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 250 g caster sugar (super fine sugar); 250 g cooked fresh beetroots; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 200 ml corn or 200 ml sunflower oil; icing sugar (confectioners sugar, to dust)

9 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

75 g good quality cocoa powder (I used Hershey's cocoa)
180 g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
250 g caster sugar (super fine sugar)
250 g cooked fresh beetroots
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
200 ml corn or 200 ml sunflower oil
icing sugar (confectioners sugar, to dust)

Directions

1

Pre heat oven to 180C (350F)NOT FAN FORCED OVEN.
2

Lightly butter a 25cm round or square cake pan.
3

Sift cocoa powder, flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
4

Stir in sugar and set aside.
5

Puree cooked beetroot in food processor.
6

Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
7

Add vanilla and oil and wiz until smooth.
8

Make a well in center of dry ingredients, stir in beetroot mixture, and lightly mix.
9

Pour into pan and bake for 50-60minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
10

If the cake begins to brown, cover lightly with foil, after about 30 minutes.
11

It WON'T rise a great deal, and the top might crack.
12

Remove from the oven and cool for 15 minutes IN PAN, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
13

Dust with icing sugar to serve.
14

Can be served with fresh whipped cream or creme fraiche or just delicious plain.