Blitz-And-Bake Beetroot & Chocolate Cake

Beetroot is actually very sweet and keeps this rich chocolate loaf wonderfully moist

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 1 hr
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Cuts into 8 slices

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  594

• Protein

  7g

• Carbs

  71g

• Fat

  34g

• Saturates

  7g

• Fibre

  3g

• Sugar

  45g

• Salt

  0.78g

Ingredients

• 1 large cooked beetroot, about 175g in weight, roughly chopped
• 200g plain flour
• 100g cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 250g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 200ml sunflower oil
• 100g dark chocolate, (not too bitter), chopped into pieces
• crème fraîche or clotted cream, to serve

Directions

1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Tip the beetroot into a food processor and blitz until chopped. Add a pinch of salt and the rest of the ingredients, except the oil and chocolate. When completely mixed (you may need to scrape the sides down once or twice), add the oil in a steady stream, as if you were making mayonnaise.
2. When all the oil has been added, stir in the chocolate, then tip the mix into a lined 900g loaf tin. Cook for 1 hr until an inserted skewer comes out practically clean. leave the loaf to cool on a rack. Serve in slices with the crème fraîche or clotted cream.

Categories: Cakes & Baking, Chocolate, Seasonal