Name: Beetroot Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 125 ml vegetable oil; 2 medium beets, cooked; 2 medium sized eggs; 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder; 150 g all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoon cocoa powder, unsweetened; 60 g sugar; ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence; ½ dark chocolate bar; Pinch of salt

Beetroot Chocolate Cake

Full of flavour our chocolate and beetroot cake is ideal for batch cooking and adding to your lunchbox or after work snack.

Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time:
5 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins

Tags: Snack, Dessert, Vegetarian, sweet treat, lemon cake, Bonfire night

Full of flavour our chocolate and beetroot cake is ideal for batch cooking and adding to your lunchbox or after work snack.

How to make chocolate beetroot cake

If you want to enjoy chocolate cake, but need a little healthier option, look no further than our recipe. Perfect for children & parents a like our easy beetroot cake recipe is one to make with the kids – the perfect family activity.

Ingredients Method

What you'll need

125 ml vegetable oil
2 medium beets, cooked
2 medium sized eggs
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
150 g all-purpose flour
3 tablespoon cocoa powder, unsweetened
60 g sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
½ dark chocolate bar
Pinch of salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 C and line a cake pan with parchment paper.
Whisk flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder and a pinch salt in a bowl. Add all ingredients, except flour and chocolate, to a blender and blend until smooth. Top tip: To make the cake moist use room temperature ingredients, don’t overmix batter and use fresh baking powder.

Add flour in 2 batches, scraping down bowl. Blend for a few seconds until flour is just combined with the rest of the ingredients. Add batter to the pan, smooth the top and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool.
Melt dark chocolate in the microwave, stirring occasionally. Let set until a bit firm. Pour chocolate over the cake. Serve.

Adding beetroot makes for a healthy chocolate cake. So now you know how to make our chocolate and beetroot cake, you can pick up all the ingredients in your local SPAR. Fancy more healthy alternatives? Sign up to our E-newsletter to receive all of our latest recipes, deals and competitions.

Nutrition Facts

	Amount per serving
Calories	281
Total Fat	14g
Saturated Fat	10.1g
Total Carbohydrate	35 g
Dietary Fiber	3 g
Total Sugars	16 g
Protein	5 g

Like this recipe?

Why not share with your friends.

Rate this recipe