Blitz & Bake Beetroot & Chocolate Cake

Submitted by Pink Penguin

"Strange idea but the cake is lovely & sweet & the beetroot keeps the cake really moist."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8 slices

ingredients

• 175 g cooked beetroots, roughly chopped
• 200 g plain flour
• 100 g cocoa powder
• 14.79 ml baking powder
• 250 g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 9.85 ml vanilla extract
• 200 ml sunflower oil
• 100 g dark chocolate

directions

1. Heat the oven to 190c/fan170c/gas . Tip the beetroot into a blender & blitz until chopped. Add a pinch of salt & the rest of the ingredients, expect the oil & chocolate. When completely mixed (you may need to scrape the sides down once or twice), add the oil in a steady steam 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 a inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave the loaf on a rack to cool.