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Chocolate beetroot cakes
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate beetroot cakes

9 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Makes 12 openrecipes
Chocolate beetroot cakes

Adding beetroot to a chocolate cake recipe makes it wonderfully fudgy and moist. (Possibly a tiny bit healthy, too!)

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

826
Calories
24g
Protein
16g
Fat
143g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Corn Oil 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Beetroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 75g/2½oz cocoa powder
  • 180g/6½oz plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 250g/8½oz caster sugar
  • 250g/8½oz cooked beetroot
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200ml/7fl oz corn oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • for dusting icing sugar

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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