Beet Chocolate Cake
Quick answer
- Total time
- 65 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 8 servings
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
The moisture in beet puree is what makes this dark chocolate cake heavy and damp.
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That is also why it should never bake until it looks dry; it comes out as soon as a skewer in the center shows no wet batter.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius and grease and flour a round cake pan.
- 2
Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl set over simmering water.
- 3
Whisk the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until pale, fluffy, and doubled in volume.
- 4
Gently fold the melted chocolate and beet puree into the whipped egg mixture.
- 5
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into the wet mixture, and fold gently until combined.
- 6
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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