Chocolate Red Beet Cake
2014-03-20 21:15:07
Cake
- 2 cups beets, mashed, cooked
- 2/3 cup good quality cocoa
- 4 eggs
- 2 ½ sticks unsalted butter
- 2 ½ cups raw or natural sugar
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 Tbs. pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 ½ cups flour
Optional Chocolate Frosting
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Have some bowls ready because you will need to begin by keeping ingredients separate.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until well blended and smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Add the mashed or puréed beets and mix well.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, and baking soda together.
- Mix these dry ingredients into the wet.
- Combine well and beat until smooth.
- Pour batter into a greased 9" springform pan. You may also use a bundt-style pan or a large loaf pan.
- Bake for 50-60 min. or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. If beets were very moist, you may have to increase baking time.
Frosting
- Mix all ingredients together and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Liberally cover top and sides of cooled cake.
- Eat!
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