07 | February | 2012 | Lavender and Lime

This month, the Crazy Cooking Challenge is to bake a chocolate cake. I decided to make Betty Bake’s Chocolate Beetroot Cake as I was wondering whether Dave, who does not like beetroot, would notice it in the cake. No-one who had a taste of this cake knew it had beetroot in other than Dave – and he thinks it is great. It has a lovely deep colour and not too overwhelming a chocolate taste. It got a resounding thumbs up from the taste panel. Betty Bake has a gluten free recipe, but as this is not a concern for me, I used ordinary flour and substituted the sugar!

The one great thing about this challenge is that I get to show case my fellow South African bloggers. Betty Bake was more than happy to let me use her recipe, and I am more than happy to be able to share it with you.

CHOCOLATE BEETROOT CAKE

ingredients:

50g dark chocolate
a tiny pinch of salt
3 tablespoons cream

200g brown sugar – I used fructose

3 eggs
180mls canola oil

1 cup cooked and puréed beetroot *

3 tablespoons cacao

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups flour

method:

preheat the oven to 155° Celsius

combine the chocolate, salt and cream in a bain-marie over a low heat

melt the chocolate and then stir until smooth and put to one side
use a whisk mixer to beat together the sugar, eggs and oil until thickened slightly and the mixture has lightened a little
add the beetroot to the egg mix and mix in

add the chocolate mix and mix in until totally incorporated
sieve together the cacao, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and flour

gradually add to the wet ingredients, beating well

place the mix into a buttered and floured cake tin – I used a springform tin

bake for 40 minutes

leave to cool before turning out of the pan

* to get one cup of cooked beetroot I took 250g of peeled and julienned beetroot and popped it in the microwave for 4 minutes. I then used my immersion blender to purée it. This was really a no mess, no fuss option.

CHOCOLATE BEETROOT CAKE PRINTABLE VERSION

Tandy

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I really want to start drinking green juices and so tried to use my juice attachment on my kitchen aid to achieve this with some spinach. Sadly, it does not juice spinach, but I did get a lovely dried out tablespoon or three of spinach. I decided there and then to make a green pasta and I think it really looks pretty. I love making past and so I will experiment with any flavour or type. Do give it a go, as it is really easy. Oh, for those of you who have a juicer, let me know which one you have and whether it does soft vegetables and fruit.