Beet and Chocolate Cake

Beet and Chocolate Cake

Written by Wetta on in Cakes
Servings: 12Cook time: 35 minCalories (per serving): 316 kcal

Ingredients

  • 400 g steamed and peeled beets
  • 260 g Type 00 flour
  • 100 g sugar
  • 130 g dark or milk chocolate
  • 160 g vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 packet of yeast
  • 1 pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Blend the chopped beets with 30 g of seed oil from the 160 g of ingredients.

  2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

  3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C (conventional) and line a 26-cm baking pan with parchment paper.

  4. Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl and beat for about 5 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.

  5. While whisking, add the remaining oil.

  6. Add the sifted flour with the baking powder and mix.

  7. Once the flour is thoroughly mixed in, add the melted chocolate and the pureed beets.

  8. Mix with a spatula until the mixture is smooth.

  9. Pour the mixture into the baking pan lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven (set to 180°C) for 35 minutes.

  10. As always, do the toothpick test before taking it out of the oven :) .

This** beetroot and chocolate cake** is perfect for anyone who still has leftover chocolate from Easter—or just too much of it! Plus, we can take this opportunity to eat some beets—which, between you and me, I personally don’t really like on their own, let alone the kids!

I got the idea for this cake while making the savory beet pie (click for the recipe!), which was created specifically to introduce even the youngest children to this vegetable, thanks to our collaboration with our friends in Rome: MANI - Culture for Children.

If you don’t know yet, we’re three really fun guys who liven up the days and evenings of kids in Rome and the surrounding area with super fun events and parties!

By the way: this week (Wednesday, to be exact) will feature the penultimate post before summer break—and this time’s color is GREEN!

For more information, click here: June 14, 2017 - Eat Colorful, GREEN.

Delicious and super healthy! Let me know what you think and how it turned out for you in the comments!!!