Hidden Roots Chocolate Cake
photo by Blue Eyes Willow
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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16-20
ingredients
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 125 g cocoa or 125 g cacao, powder
- 1 cup pureed beetroot
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 4 medium eggs
- 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F. Grease an 8 inch round cake pan or springform pan.
- Boil the dates in a small saucepan with about 1 inch of water for 10-15 minutes. Puree in a high speed blender. You only need 1 cup of the paste, set aside the rest for another use. (it freezes well).
- Puree the cocoa powder, the beetroot, and tamari with the date paste until smooth.
- Blend in the eggs, oil, vanilla, and baking powder until thoroughly incorporated. then immediately pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Once the cake is in the oven, lower the heat to 340*F and bake for 40-55 minutes. Allow to cool, making certain you give it enough time to chill before removing from its pan.
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Tweaks
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Round two: I discovered I also did not have any almond flour left or even enough cocoa powder. I ended up with 90 grams cocoa powder, 1/4 cup date paste, and 1/2 cup honey. Instead of the tamari I used 1/4 cup sweet rice flour. These came out much more cake like and I like the level of sweetness too. Closer to a 55-65% dark chocolate bar. I use muffin tins to portion- same temp setting but for about 30 minutes. 1 recipe made 16 muffins
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Round 1 I made the recipe as stated with the exception of subbing cashew butter for the tamari. It was good, but super dark (think 75% bar instead of 55%) Round 2 I only had a quarter cup of date paste so I plan on adding honey to make up the rest. The original cake was also very moist & dense so I think I will do a quarter cup almond meal instead of the Tamari.
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Blue Eyes Willow
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