26/11/2015

Surprisingly delicious chocolate beetroot cake with cinnamon crumble



I really like to use vegetables as an ingredient in cakes. I have less guilt eating such rarities. However, you must be careful not to overdo it - and it is quite hard, because the cake is delicious. This cake is also  a good source of iron, zinc, phosphorus and B vitamins.

Ingredients:


  • 250 g of cooked beetroot
  • 200g dark chocolate
  • 150 ml of rapeseed oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 300g plain flour
  • teaspoon of baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • teaspoon cinnamon

For the crumble:


  • 100g butter
  • 100g sugar
  • 150g wheat flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • teaspoon cinnamon

Method:

Cut beetroots into smaller pieces and blend it with oil, eggs and sugar. The colour will be very pink. Add remaining ingredients (melted  chocolate, flour, baking powder, salt, cinamon) and thoroughly mixed it all. Pour dough into a greased cake baking mold and baked for 15 minutes in 180°C. At this time you can prepare chocolate crumble. Mix together butter, sugar, flour, coco powder and cinamon.  I wiped the butter with the flour, added sugar, cocoa and cinnamon. Lightly baked dough sprinkle with crumble and bake for another 30 minutes until the top has browned nicely.



4 comments:

  1. very healthy cake. I will try

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  2. Thank you for sharing this and all the wonderful recipies on your blog site - credit due to you for such amazing and healthy taste combinations. Lou & Chris x

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  3. Thank you for sharing this and all the wonderful recipies on your blog site - credit due to you for such amazing and healthy taste combinations. Lou & Chris x

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    1. Thank you guys for such nice words:-) This weekend I'm making cake from beans which you recommended

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