Beetroot Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 medium fresh beetroots or 1 1/2 cups pureed fresh beetroots
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2-3/4 cup cocoa
• 125 g dark cooking chocolate, melted.
• 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans or 3 -5 whole pecans (optional)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 boil unpeeled beetroot for 1 hour.
• 2 drain, peel, cool and puree beetroot to make 1½ cups of pureed beetroot.
• 3 preheat the oven to 180°c lightly oil and flour a 25 cm cake tin.
• 4 place flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly.
• 5 add the chopped nuts if using.
• 6 in another bowl, mix oil, eggs, and beetroot.
• 7 fold into the dry ingredients with melted chocolate.
• 8 place in cake tin.
• 9 bake 45-55 minutes.
• 10 turn out onto rack and cool.
• 11 served slightly warm with fresh cream makes a delicious dessert.