Beetroot Chocolate Cake

I like using this recipe because it never fails and I can convince myself that is a 'healthy' chocolate cake!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 6  medium  fresh beetroots or 1 1⁄2 cups  pureed fresh beetroots
• 2  cups self raising flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 1⁄2-3⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 125  g dark cooking chocolate, melted.
• 1⁄4 cup  finely chopped pecans or 3 -5  whole pecans (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup  vegetable oil
• 3  eggs, beaten

Directions

1. Boil unpeeled beetroot for 1 hour.
2. Drain, peel, cool and puree beetroot to make 1½ cups of pureed beetroot.
3. Preheat the oven to 180°C Lightly oil and flour a 25 cm cake tin.
4. Place flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly.
5. Add the chopped nuts if using.
6. In another bowl, mix oil, eggs, and beetroot.
7. Fold into the dry ingredients with melted chocolate.
8. Place in cake tin.
9. Bake 45-55 minutes.
10. Turn out onto rack and cool.
11. Served slightly warm with fresh cream makes a delicious dessert.