Blitz-and-bake beetroot & chocolate cake

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• katiecrumpet

  20 February 2010

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• purplevamp

  11 May 2010

  purplevamp rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this with an open mind! I actually grated the beetroot instead of chopping it up. It was quite hard to mix and it went everywhere, before I added the oil. And instead of making a loaf I made a round cake, but it took way longer than the 1 hour stated, I think it was an extra half an hour. Anyway, my children tried this without knowing it had beetroot in it, and absolutely loved it, even after I told them. Very chocolately, and I may make it again, but it was very messy to make, so only occassionally.

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• Ma Mite

  23 June 2010

  Ma Mite rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was very chocolatey and I think better warm with the creme fraiche than cold. I took it as a contribution to a BBQ afternoon last weekend as "something different". One of the neighbours turned up with Chocolate & Beetroot Brownies! Obviously it's this season's flavour!

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• beakyw

  03 July 2010

  beakyw rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious moist chocolate cake. I made this with my 10 year old nephew, and he loved it too. Made individual muffins instead (I often do this if having friends over on consecutive days and not wishing to serve a half eaten cake!). This recipe works really well as muffins, just needs less cooking time. I love cakes with vegetables in - and getting my 3 year old to guess the secret ingredients!

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• dans dinner

  31 July 2010

  dans dinner rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this cake for my boyfriend who loves both beetroot and chocolate. he described it as "moist", hes a man of many words! but he loved it, finished it off over the following days! would definetly make again as very easy to make (once youve boiled the beetroot!) I might not chop the beetroot so small next time so you can actually tell you are eating it.

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• Katie

  02 August 2010

  Katie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Only the second time I've made something with beetroot in that I will eat! Nice cake reminds me of browines really. Took longer to cook than an hour and did not fit in my food processor! I have better chocolate cake recipes so not sure if I would make it again

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• Sarah Joyce

  05 August 2010

  Sarah Joyce commented on this recipe

  I made this cake and it looks better than the picture. unf even if it is tasty i won't be making it again as i think its blown the motor in my food processor.

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• Sarah Joyce

  05 August 2010

  Sarah Joyce rated and commented on this recipe

  

  ok so it is really yummy!

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• Oonagh

  25 August 2010

  Oonagh commented on this recipe

  A very easy recipe, moist and quite tasty. To make it even tastier and a little more special, I sliced it in half and filled it with a vanilla buttercream, yum!

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• kirkles

  06 September 2010

  kirkles rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Won't be making this cake again. The motor on my food processor struggled. I took it out the oven after 40 minutes when there was smoke pouring out the oven. The cake was charcoal and had to go into the bin. I am very dissapointed as I was making this for a special occasion and bought all the ingredients. An expensive waste of money and a couple of hours effort.

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• sheep

  27 September 2010

  sheep rated and commented on this recipe

  

  this ROCKS! Cooked it in square flat tin so it came out like a brownie. My husband, who HATES beetroot and wont even open the fridge if there is any in it, ate it and loved it. His face was a picture when I told him what was in it. Served with chocolate custard for a wonderful pud.

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• Helen

  12 October 2010

  Helen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This recipe is amazing, I've got to say it's one of the best cakes I've made. I did use drinking chocolate instead of cocoa powder (Only because I forgot to buy more cocoa powder!) which might be why it's a lighter cake than the guys that used cocoa. It stayed so moist and I couldn't taste the beetroot, it just has a lovely rich earthy taste - perfect for autumn. Mind you, mine did take about 2 hours to cook, whether that was to do with the recipe or my oven I'm not so sure. I used a blitzer rather than food processor which worked fine, although had a bit of an issue with the amount of oil but otherwise rather easy to make. Would recommend you give this a try.

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• Purple Physio

  26 January 2011

  Purple Physio rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This has turned into my speciality dessert that everyone LOVES. What's even better is it is possibly the easiest thing I have baked! The beetroot makes it very moist and quite sweet so the bitterness of the dark chocolate works perfectly with it. Yum, & I don't like cake that much!!

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• Samsamdonteatham

  09 March 2011

  Samsamdonteatham commented on this recipe

  Can someone clarify whether the beetroot specified in the recipe is beetroot you get in vacuum packs? i am unsure what cooked beetroot means... silly i know :-S

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• Manal's Munchies

  22 March 2011

  Manal's Munchies rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The cake tasted lovely but did give my blender difficulty, It is better to use an electric whisk and I recommend adding pecan or walnuts to give it an extra crunch

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• MsCupCake

  03 April 2011

  MsCupCake commented on this recipe

  This was an intriguing cake to try and I found it worked well and was both moist and tasty - and easy! There was no problem with my processor - it poured into the tin like a nice, thick batter. Did everybody use cooked beetroot? I had fresh and boiled it first so it was nice and soft to process - no problem. Vacuum packed would be fine, samsam. However, the change I did make that I think probably made a difference was that I halved the amount of cocoa - 100g is a LOT. I thought that might make it dry and it would certainly be strong-tasting. 50g was fine to make a good, dark, chocolatey taste but not to be over-powering. As to using chocolate powder .... no ... too light and too sweet (it's only half cocoa, after all, and half sugar!). Also I think chopping the chocolate is best as you want patches of stronger chocolate, not to have it completely smoothly mixed into the mixture.

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• MsCupCake

  03 April 2011

  MsCupCake rated and commented on this recipe

  

  (forgot the rating :()

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• sophieredican

  20 June 2011

  sophieredican rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really nice but I didn't like the dark chocolate in it so I used milk chocolate instead. Yum!

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• soupfairy

  25 June 2011

  soupfairy commented on this recipe

  The baking powder measure is incorrect. For 200g flour you only need one teaspoon not a tablespoon. This could cause dissapointing results.

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• FOOD

  16 July 2011

  FOOD rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Rather dry. Could do with more beetroot.

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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

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Difficulty and servings

Cuts into 8 slices

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 1 hr

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

Per serving

594 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 71g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 3g, sugar 45g, salt 0.78 g

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