Alternative Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
- 175 grm SR flour (sieved)
- 200 grm Sugar - Caster preferably
- 50 grm cocoa powder. sieved - Good quality one
- 1.5 teasps Baking Powder
- 250 grm pack Cooked beetroot
- 3 Medium Eggs
- 200 ml Sunflower Oil
- 100 grm Dark Chocolate - finely chopped
Accompaniment
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Description
A very moist low fat version!
Method
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Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar together and set aside. You can reduce the sugar a bit if you so wish.
Drain the beetroot and roughly chop enough to get into food processor - I put it in whole and slice it with a knife in the bowl of the processor to save mess. With the machine running add the eggs - one at a time. Then add the oil slowly and blend until smooth.
Add the dry ingredients and mix in the chocolate. I recommend a dark chocolate over 70%, but nothing too sweet.
Pour into a greased and lined 8-9 " cake tin (loose bottomed or springform is best) and bake for 45 mins - or until skewer comes out clean - at 160 degrees C (or equivalent. Set aside for 10 mins, then turn out and set aside to cool completely on a rack. dust with icing sugar just before serving.
When very fresh I think you can detect the beetroot flavour a bit, but this seems to go in time. My family have never commented on it so it may just be because I know that it is in it!
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