Chocolate Beetroot Cake
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups pureed fresh beetroots
- 2 cups wholemeal flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped macadamias
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, beaten
directions
- Cook a bunch of fresh unpeeled beetroot by simmering for 1 hour. Or if you have a pressure cooker, cook for 20 minutes.
- Drain, peel, and puree beetroot in a food processor to provide 1½ cups of pureed beetroot.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/356f. Lightly oil and flour a 25 cm circular cake tin.
- Place flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly. Add the chopped nuts.
- In another bowl, mix oil, eggs and beetroot. Fold into the dry ingredients.
- Place in cake tin and bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool.
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<br>When not cooking I work from home for a tech company in Finland, love animals, old cars, travel and good restaurants!
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<br>5 * Recipe worked perfectly, no substitutes needed and family raved about it.
<br>4 * Recipe worked well, a few substitutes were made to suit taste. Family loved it.
<br>3 * Recipe worked fairly well, a few changes to technique or substitutions were needed. Family liked it.
<br>2 * Recipe didn't work particularly well. It was edible but wouldn't cook again.
<br>1* Recipe didn't work at all. It wasn't edible and we wouldn't cook again.
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