Chocolate beetroot cakes
It’s been a while that we made these beetroot chocolate cakes for a photoshoot Alex and I did and wow, how much we cursed these cakes! Alex had made the cakes in the small caketins from Albert Heijn. Which are cute forms but it gave the beetroot cakes a bit of a weird shape and the styling did not go as planned. Until Alex grabbed a plate, added some crumbs to it and voila… Weirdly enough it is one of my favorite images of the day… So ladies and gentleman, if all else fails; you can always just shoot your empty plate! π
The taste? It was ok, but we had expected a more beetrooty flavor and it lacked in that department. And maybe it didn’t help that we tasted the wonderful chestnut cake on the same day… There was just nothing as good as that
The beetroot flavor didn’t really shine through so if you have a suggestion on how to fix that? I’m happy to hear it!
Chocolate beetroot cake
Ingredients
- 175 gr floour
- 10 gr baking powder
- 75 gr cacaopowder
- 225 gr caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 500 gr roasted beetroot
- 200 ml sunflower oil
- 250 ml double cream
- 250 gr dark chocolate
- reheat the oven to 200C. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin (pref spring form). Sift 175 grams plain flour, 10 grams baking powder, 75 grams cocoa powder and 225 grams caster sugar into a bowl. Blend 3 eggs, 500 grams raw beetroot (roasted, peeled and chopped) and 200 ml sunflower oil in a blender, leave some small chunks of beetroot. Fold the beetroot mixture into the dry ingredients. Bake for 40 minutes. Meanwhile, put 250 ml cream into a saucepan and simmer gently until just before it reaches boiling point. Break 250 grams of dark chocolate into pieces and put into a mixing bowl. Pour the warmed cream onto the broken chocolate and mix gently until the two are blended together to make a silky chocolate icing. Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool, once chilled generously cover the cake with the chocolate ganache.
Disclaimer
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
That’s a lovely combination.. Yummy!!
Thanks so much!
A wonderful combination! Those cakes look very tempting.
Cheers,
Rosa
I’ve never had beetroot in a cake before, although I’m familiar with recipes that call for it. Really should make one! And that “empty” plate is my favorite photo too! Fun post — thanks.
I’ve never had a beetroot cake that I thought really tasted beetrooty enough for my liking. I really like those photos.
Thanks so much Maureen! It’s probably not supposed to taste beetrooty!
This is like a dark side of force attacking your sugar instinct. I actually never had beetroots in dessert form. I guess it is about the time I should adventure myself into.
Lol… Yes i think so too! And let me know how it turns out!
Amazing combination, it looks delicious!
I am not a fan of beetroot and I actually like that the beetroot taste isn’t very strong. I love your idea of topping it with beetroot.