Photo: David Holifield
Chocolate orange beetroot cake
18 ingredients
Serves 8
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An alternative carrot cake, with sweet roasted beetroot contrasted with bitter dark chocolate genache.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1159
Calories
24g
Protein
49g
Fat
157g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| 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
- For the cake mix.
- 200g Beetroot
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Medium eggs
- 150g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 150g soft light brown sugar
- 200g self-raising wholemeal flour
- 85g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 100g raisins
- 100g walnuts, chopped. And a few halves for decoration
- Zest and juice of 1 orange
- For the Genache.
- 300g dark chocolate
- 300ml double cream
- Zest of 1 orange
- 50g unsalted butter (optional)
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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