Beetroot & Chocolate Cake
Summary
Servings:
8
Prep time:
20 minutes
Cooking time:
40 minutes
Description
If you haven’t yet discovered the wonderful cake combination that is beetroot and chocolate, this is the perfect introductory recipe. Try it with a dollop of crème fraîche.
Ingredients
- 200g butter
- 250g beetroot, peeled and cooked
- 200g dark chocolate, 70% coca solids
- 4 tablespoon hot espresso
- 135g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder, heaped
- 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 5 eggs, seperated
- 190g caster sugar
- creme fraiche
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in cake tin with a little butter and line the bottom of the tin with a disc of baking parchment.
- Blend the beetroot in a food processor to a rough purée.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of hot water (do not allow the bottom of the bowl to touch the water), then pour in the hot coffee.
- Stir in the butter in small pieces and leave to soften. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa together in a bowl and set aside.
- Separate the eggs. Whisk the yolks in a bowl until frothy. Stir the eggs into the chocolate and butter mixture, then fold in the beetroot.
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form when the whisk is removed. Fold in the sugar.
- Fold the sugar and egg whites into the chocolate mixture, then fold in the flour and cocoa mixture.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the tin, then serve with crème fraîche or double cream.
Notes
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